生勾勾
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English
- (adjective) very much alive; living; (food) raw
- raw; normally used to describe food
- alive; in the flesh; still alive; "alive and kicking"
粵語 — Cantonese
- 形容仲係生嘅、未熟嘅食物
- 形容仲生存緊、未死嘅生物
Examples
我一啖食落去,發現塊牛肉仲係生勾勾,完全未煮熟。
I took a bite, and realized the beef was raw, totally uncooked. ----
條魚仲係生勾勾噉,夠新鮮呀,我哋不如就買呢條啦。
This fish is still wriggling. Let's buy this one for its freshness.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk