粵

講gong2就zau6凶hung1狠han2

gong2 zau6 hung1 han2jiǎng jiù xiōng hěninferred

English

  1. an expression used to describe someone is incapable of accomplishing what one has claimed; literally "ferocious when talking", with the whole expression being "ferocious in saying, cowardly in doing"

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 全句係「講就凶狠,做就碌撚」,指責其他人空有其言。

Examples

  • 唓,佢講就凶狠,預咗佢冇料到㗎啦。

    Pfft, he is only ferocious when talking, I fully expected him to fail doing what he said.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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