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穿cyun1橋kiu2

cyun1 kiu2chuān qiáoinferred

English

  1. to expose, to spoil the key trope, final answer to the audiences deliberately, to leave them out of surprises when reading or watching the whole thing, applies to jokes, story telling, myth or movies. Literally: spill the trope

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 故意將關鍵橋段、謎底透露俾人知,令受眾無咗驚喜,適用於笑話、故仔、謎題或電影

Examples

  • 我仲未睇《大時代》㗎,你咪穿橋!

    I haven't watched 'The Greed of Man' yet. Don't spoil it for me!

  • 我個笑話只係講咗第一句,就俾小朋友穿橋。

    I had just started the first sentence of my joke, then the kid has spoiled it to everyone.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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