一口咬定
jat1 hau2 ngaau5 ding6yī kǒu yǎo dìng
English
- to arbitrarily assert
- to allege
- to stick to one's statement
- to cling to one's view
- to insist emphatically; to accuse someone in a definite manner
粵語 — Cantonese
- 堅決、肯定噉指控或者提出講法,多數冇經過詳細嘅考證
Examples
佢一口咬定我係兇手。
He insists emphatically that I am the culprit.
承建商一口咬定大樓倒塌同自己冇關。
The contractor insisted firmly that the building collapse had nothing to do with them.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk