做世界
zou6 sai3 gaai3zuò shì jie
English
- (verb) to rob; to steal; to carry out a crime; to make a living
- to be involved in serious illegal activities to make big money(like kidnapping, bank robbery, drug trafficking etc) , a negative term. Literally: to do the world
粵語 — Cantonese
- 從事大型不法勾當去賺大錢(例如綁票、打劫銀行、運毒等)，有貶義
Examples
佢有潛質做世界冠軍。
He has the potential to become world champion.
Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY
做佢世界
to kill/rob him
出嚟做世界隨時會無命，你做好心理準備未？
Working in the illicit underworld can be dangerous; are you prepared for this?
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk