中zung3招ziu1

English

1. senior high school enrollment
2. (martial arts) to get hit; to get taken down
3. to be adversely affected; to be a victim among a group of people; especially referring to things like being infected by a disease, being attacked or hacked, etc.
4. (fig.) to get infected (disease or computer virus)
5. (fig.) to fall for sb's trap; to be taken in

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 遇到不利或負面嘅事，變成受害者；例如染病、俾人攻擊，等等

Examples

• 我喺佢向住我打乞嗤之後中咗招。

  I got sick after getting sneezed at.

• 有成百人中招，買咗過期演唱會飛。

  Hundreds fell victim to expired concert ticket fraud.

• 明星都中招，一撳條link就畀人偷帳號。

  Celebrities were also tricked that their accounts were stolen once they clicked the link.

• 普丁正在從黎巴嫩難民營中招募巴勒斯坦難民前往烏克蘭為他作戰；顯然他自己的士兵不夠強悍。

  Putin is plucking Palestinian refugees from Lebanese camps to go fight for him in Ukraine; apparently his own soldiers aren't tough enough.

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