揼長
dam1 coeng4bèng zhǎnginferred
English
- to prolong or delay work unnecessarily
粵語 — Cantonese
- 明明可以好快做好,但專登拖長個時間
Examples
佢嘅博士課程揼長嚟讀,就可以留喺度耐啲嘞。
He is prolonging his doctoral study in order to stay here longer.
個 Project 咁簡單做乜揼長嚟做?想呃鐘錢?
Why does it take so long to complete such a simple project? Are you trying to waste our time or charge us more?
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk