粵

上soeng5神san4檯toi2

soeng5 san4 toi2shàng shén táiinferred

English

  1. acclaimed and praised as a legend; Literally, to be placed onto altar.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 備受推崇,經過時間考驗後變成一個傳奇;引伸自傳統華人社會將神像放喺神枱上供奉嘅習俗

Examples

  • 拎過幾次獎嘅林導演,早已被香港人放上神枱,成為另一個香港電影文化嘅標誌。

    After receiving various awards in her lifetime, Director Lam has been well acclaimed by Hong Kongers, becoming a symbol of the Hong Kong movie culture.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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