粵

山saan1卡kaa1罅laa1

saan1 kaa1 laa1shān kǎ xià

English

  1. remote
  2. (of location) remote; backwoods; wild; out-of-the-way; "boonyish" (boondocks-type, sticks-ish)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容一個地方偏遠、隔涉、荒蕪;冇人去嘅山邊角落

Examples

  • 我住唔慣啲山卡啦地方啊,又遠又多蚊,都係住市區好啲。

    I don't take well to living in the sticks. It's too out-there, too mosquito-ridden for me. Give me city life any day.

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

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