制水
zai3 seoi2zhì shuǐ
English
- water restriction; water rationing
- to restrict the use of water, often due to water shortage; to ration water
粵語 — Cantonese
- 限制水嘅供應,例如會只有特定時間供應食水等等;通常係因為水荒,食水供不應求
Examples
冇雨落就要制水㗎喇!
If it doesn't rain, we'll have no choice but to implement water rationing!
水比喻為錢,又指唔夠錢使,或者金主唔俾錢(例如零用錢之類)
to have one's source of funding cut off (e.g. pocket money)
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk