爭凳仔
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English
- to compete for seats (or other items) when there are fewer seats than contenders, as in the party game "musical chairs"
粵語 — Cantonese
- 形容多人爭少數位置嘅情況;亦指一個集體遊戲,一班人聽音樂圍凳兜圈,音樂一停就鬥快揾凳坐,而凳少過人
Examples
火車一開門,乘客就衝入去爭凳仔。
Once train doors open, passengers rush in to claim their own seat.
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk