粵

活wut6埋maai4

wut6 maai4huó mái

English

  1. to bury alive
  2. to bury something or something alive

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 喺一個人或者動物仲係活生生嘅時候,將佢埋落地下

Examples

  • 每個人都有自己嘅優先事項,亦都生活埋喺佢哋入面,所以如果佢覺得唔需要同我拍拖,呢個係佢嘅選擇。

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  • 龐貝古城係出名被火山灰活埋嘅古蹟。

    The city of Pompeii is a famous monument covered by volcano ash.

  • 地震令到大廈冧咗,預計活埋咗大約五十人。

    During the earthquake, the building collapsed and around 50 people were buried alive.

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

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