劏水魚
tong1 seoi2 jyu2tāng shuǐ yúinferred
English
- to cheat someone, to deceive customers who are not defensive, to compel purchasing; literally "to gut a softshell turtle"
粵語 — Cantonese
- 呃人、欺騙顧客、強迫購物，水魚比喻容易俾人揾笨嘅人
Examples
呢間黑店專劏水魚，唔好幫趁。
This dodgy shop will only cheat customers, don't shop there.
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk