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單daan1刀dou1

daan1 dou1dān dāoinferred

English

  1. soccer jargon; a football player duel with the opponent's goalkeeper, whether he push forward alone or receive a centering pass from teammate; literally : single sword. This term is extracted from the famous Chinese novel "Romance of Three Kingdoms" ch.66 "Armed With A Sword, Guan Yu Goes To A Feast Alone"

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 足球術語;指進攻球員帶波單對單面對守門員,無論係球員自己一個人帶波進攻至龍門口,或者響龍門口接應傳球。源自《三國演義》中第六十六回「關雲長單刀赴會」嘅劇情。

Examples

  • 7號仔壓過4個守衞,單刀一射入網,呢球都算經典喇!

    No. 7 surged through four defenders, challenged the goalkeeper, and scored – what an epic goal!

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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