粵

後hau6生saang1遙jiu4遙jiu4

hau6 saang1 jiu4 jiu4hòu shēng yáo yáoinferred

English

  1. young with a long life ahead, full of limitless possibilities to do anything, but all the advantages of youth to do good are wasted; literally: young and far

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 指年青人年齡細,人生仲有好長,仲有好多可能;多用嚟慨嘆年青人未能好好利用年輕優勢去做正面嘅事

Examples

  • 佢後生遙遙有書唔讀,走去做賊。

    He is a youngster who neglected school, turning to be a thief instead.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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