回wui4塘tong4

wui4 tong4huí táng

English

to go back to making a honest living [colloquial]
to regress; (of skills) to get much worse with age
to return to a decent trade or a honest occupation

粵語 — Cantonese

倒退；尤其指年紀大或者技術生疏咗，開始退步
返去老本行或舊公司工作

Examples

覺唔覺佢啲演技回晒塘？
Can you feel that her acting has got worse (from her peak)?
呢個球星回晒塘，跑唔郁喇。
This football star plays much worse than when he was young. He can no longer run.
佢已經回晒糖，唔似當年咁打得喇。
His skill has got worse. He can't fight as good as he could.

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

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