打daa2生saang1樁zong1

English

1. to bury a person alive under a pile, a living human sacrifice in previous East Asia's construction industry; literally: to sink a living human pile. People used to believe that a construction would affect the Feng Shui and disturb the ghosts in a place, that would cause accidents during construction. To avoid so, some would bury one or more living children under piles as an offering. This scary term was then used to threaten naughty children.unreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 以往流傳於東亞建築行業嘅一種活人祭獻方式。以前嘅人相信響一處地方動土興建會破壞風水同觸怒冤魂，令建造期間發生意外，於是有人將小孩生葬響樁柱之下用作祭品鎮邪。以前嘅父母亦會以此恐嚇百厭嘅細路。unreviewed?

Examples

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  你哋乖乖哋唔好出去周街玩呀下，因住俾人捉你去打生樁呀。

  Stay home and don't wander around outside, or you might get caught up in trouble as living human pillars.