踢爆
tek3 baau3ti1bao4tī bào
English
- to reveal
- (verb) Discover
- (informal) to reveal or to expose deliberately covered secreted or little-known facts; to put someone on blast
- to expose
粵語 — Cantonese
- 揭露一啲鮮為人知或被刻意隱瞞嘅事(口吻冇咁正式)
Examples
踢爆醜聞
to expose a scandal
呢間廠前排俾人踢爆咗用地溝油,啲貨落晒架㗎喇。
The factory was found to have used gutter oil, and its products were removed from the shelves.
你明知我對佢有好感先會扮偶遇就唔好踢爆我啦,好尷尬呀頭先!
You know I like her, and put me on blast about meeting her "by chance". How embarrassing!
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk