粵

低dai1莊zong1

dai1 zong1dī zhuānginferred

English

  1. despicable
  2. mean, stingy, not willing to give out much; be reluctant to spend money that make others feels shabby

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 手法卑劣
  2. 出手低、孤寒、令人感覺寒酸

Examples

  • 住得豪宅就咪咁低莊啦,用埋啲下價料搞裝修。

    One whose wealthy enough to live in a luxury house should not be so stingy on the decoration expenses, those cheap materials look so shabby.

  • 點估到咁大間公司會做到咁低莊,為咗少少錢去呃啲客。

    No one can expect such a big company would do this despicable act, to cheat the customers just for that few amount of money. ----

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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