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大daai6牌paai2

daai6 paai2dà pái

English

  1. strong card
  2. one who's cocky and ignorant
  3. honor card (card games)
  4. very popular or successful person
  5. self-important
  6. arrogant; haughty; self-important; putting on airs
  7. a good hand in poker games or mahjong game

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 自我中心,覺得自己比其他人優越
  2. 打麻雀、啤牌等等嘅牌類活動果陣,一副畀自己好大優勢嘅牌組

Examples

  • 啲叻嘅人通常都好大牌。

    Intelligent people are often arrogant.

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  • 打麻雀梗係要砌大牌啦。

    It is a must to form a good hand in mahjong game.

  • 佢真係大牌啊,要我哋等兩個鐘頭。

    She's such a haughty woman. She made us wait her for two hours. ----

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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