貼地
tip3 dei6tiē deinferred
English
- close to ground
- down-to-earth
粵語 — Cantonese
- 非常接近地面
- 比喻了解大眾實際嘅處境,而作出符合現實狀況嘅言行
Examples
貼地飛行
nap-of-the-earth flight ----
只有嗰堆位高權重、遙不可及嘅人先有資格「貼地」,所以「貼地」本身就係一個如此矛盾嘅詞語。 (zi2 jau5 go2 deoi1 wai6 gou1 kyun4 zung6, jiu4 bat1 ho2 kap6 ge3 jan4 sin1 jau5 zi1 gaak3 "tip3 dei6", so2 ji5 "tip3 dei6" bun2 san1 zau6 hai6 jat1 go3 jyu4 ci2 maau4 teon5 ge3 ci4 jyu5.)
The term "tip dei" itself is full of contradictions: it can only apply to those who are high and mighty.
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk