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大daai6酒zau2店dim3

daai6 zau2 dim3dà jiǔ diàn

English

  1. lit. big hotel, as a synonym for funeral parlour
  2. grand hotel
  3. big or grand hotel
  4. funeral home; funeral parlour

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 有規模嘅酒店(量詞:間)
  2. 殯儀館嘅隱語

Examples

  • 荷里活有間大酒店,三個肥婆學踢波。(歌詞)

    There's a grand hotel in Hollywood. Three fat women were playing soccer there. (lyrics) ----

  • 朋友前幾日過咗身,聽日去大酒店見佢最後一面。

    My friend passed away a few days ago. I will go to the funeral parlor tomorrow to say farewell to him.

  • 晚餐嘅食物同服務由四大酒店輪流處理,但餐牌始終係法國菜。

    Tatoeba · Andrea5437 CC BY

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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