燉dan6冬dung1菇gu1

English

1. job demotion (slang)
2. to demote; literally: to boil mushroom

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 俾人貶咗去相對差啲嘅職位

Examples

• 你畀人燉冬菇。

  You've been demoted.

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• 佢做錯嘢俾人燉冬菇。

  She was demoted for making a mistake.

• 佢因為得罪處長，搞到俾人燉冬菇去沙頭角守水塘。

  Since he offended the Commissioner of Police, he was demoted to Sha Tau Kok to "guard the reservoir".