粵

新san1屎si2坑haang1

san1 si2 haang1xīn shǐ kēng

English

  1. a passing fad
  2. a short-lived interest; being excited about new things but growing bored and giving them up quickly ; literally: brand new pit latrine-> three-day fragrance

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 歇後語:三日香。形容一啲新出現嘅事件,會有一大班人蜂擁去嘗試;但係過咗一排,熱潮過後就冇人理

Examples

  • 嘩!前面開咗間新麵包鋪喎,新屎坑真係特別嘞賈嘅喎!

    Tatoeba · LeeSooHa CC BY

  • 呢啲乜嘢韓流都係新屎坑啫,過一排就冇人記得。

    This whole Korean pop-culture thing is just a fad. People will forget it soon.

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

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