包青天
baau1 cing1 tin1Bāo Qīng tiān
English
- Bao Qingtian, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
- Justice Bao; a government officer in Song dynasty who was praised for justice; notable for the dark color on his face in folk stories and popular culture, and therefore used to refer to someone with a black face or who is in a bad mood
粵語 — Cantonese
- 一個宋代出名廉潔嘅官員;民間傳説同流行文化當中,為咗突顯佢鐵面無私嘅形象,好多時都會將佢嘅面部描繪成黑色,因此亦會「包青天」呢個字亦會畀人用嚟指面部發黑,黑口黑面噉
Examples
你塊面瘀黑到包青天咁。
Your bruise is dark like Justice Bao Gong.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk