睇tai2死sei2

English

1. (verb) to look down on; to regard someone as worthless; to give up on; to belittle; to doom someone or something as a failure
2. to think, often with contempt, that somebody will fail in doing somethingunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 睇唔起人，覺得佢一定做唔到某啲嘢unreviewed?

Examples

• unreviewed?

  做人最緊要有自信、有骨氣，做咩都唔好俾人睇死。

  The most important things in life are confidence and dignity. No matter what you do, never let people look down on you.

• unreviewed?

  佢睇死我做唔到畫家，我就偏偏要加倍努力做到俾佢睇。

  He thinks I'd never become a painter, but I'll work twice as hard to make it, and then he'll see (that he's wrong).