粵

把baa2撚lan2

baa2 lan2bǎ niǎn

English

  1. completely useless; totally pointless [colloquial]
  2. used to describe ineffective or pointless endeavor

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 某人嘅行為冇成效或意義、徒勞無功。

Examples

  • 你咁辛苦把撚咩。

    What's the point of working so arduously?

  • 廿年前生產嘅傳呼機,你送俾我把撚呀?

    Why the fuck are you giving me a twenty-year-old pager as a gift?

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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