兜dau1踎mau1

dau1 mau1dōu móu

English

(adj.) describes someone who is having a hard time making ends meet; to look shabby; to be in a wretched state
shabby; scruffy

粵語 — Cantonese

形容一個人污糟邋遢或者成日無所事事

Examples

呢間舖頭又暗又焗，咁兜踎嘅。
This shabby looking store is dark and suffocating.
佢好鬼兜踎，成面鬚根都唔會剃。
He is a scruffy-looking fella, the notion of shaving his thriving neck-beard had never crossed his mind.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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