粵

揼dam1長coeng4

dam1 coeng4bèng zhǎnginferred

English

  1. to prolong or delay work unnecessarily

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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

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