猶自可
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English
- to describe that a condition is still acceptable or tolerable, but definitely not its opposite
粵語 — Cantonese
- 指某樣嘢唔提起佢又或者冇事都仲得、尚且可以接受,或者依然能夠容忍、隻眼開隻眼閉,但係相反情況就絕對唔得
Examples
唔講猶自可,一講把幾火。
I could still suppress my emotions if we don't talk about it, but once somebody mentions it, I become enraged.
防火安全嘅嘢,冇事猶自可,有事就死得人多,搞返好佢啦。
Fire safety equipment and measures may not matter when no fires happen, yet fires could kill many. We'd better get them fixed.
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk