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燥cou3底dai2

cou3 dai2zào dǐ

English

  1. to have excessive inner heat
  2. analogy of someone who is fractious, choleric, badtempered; originated from Chinese medicine terminology, which means the nature of human body constitution is 'hot and dry'.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 比喻一個人性格易動氣、易嬲怒、性格暴燥;原為中醫用語,指體質偏燥熱,容易熱氣。

Examples

  • 成日俾佢哋激,搞到我依家都燥底咗好多。

    Frequently provoked by those guys, making me feel more fractious nowadays.

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

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