粵

生sang1死sei2籤cim1

sang1 sei2 cim1shēng sǐ qiāninferred

English

  1. drawing lots to decide who in a group would be responsible to do some dangerous but necessary deed; literally: life or death lottery

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 用嚟決定邊個去做危險嘅事嘅籤

Examples

  • 醫生同護士要抽生死籤入隔離病房。

    Doctors and nurses drew lots to decide who would have to work in isolation wards.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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