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炒caau2飛fei1機gei1

caau2 fei1 gei1chǎo fēi jīinferred

English

  1. (of mainly football or handball) to shoot over the crossbar, particularly when missing an easy goal; literally: "to fry an airplane"

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 指踢足球或者打手球嗰陣,明明好易入波,但係踢/掟得太高而射失;亦都有「抽高氣爽」呢個叫法

Examples

  • 個波喺正龍門前面你都可以炒飛機嘅!你識唔識踢㗎?

    You sent the ball over the crossbar even though it was right in front of the goal! Do you know how to play football?

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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