粵

地dei6雷leoi4

dei6 leoi4dì léi

English

  1. land mine (CL:顆|颗[ke1])
  2. landmine
  3. (fig.) sore point; weak spot
  4. dog faeces; dog dirt

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一種埋喺近地面地下嘅爆炸陷阱,裏頭裝有炸藥、外面係金屬外殼,當有人或車輛喺上面行過就會觸發爆炸(量詞:個)
  2. 地上面嘅狗屎

Examples

  • 踩地雷

    to step on dog shit

  • 踩地雷(一隻電腦遊戲)

    minesweeper, a computer game

  • 越戰時期,美軍喺越南埋咗好多地雷。

    A lot of landmines were buried in Vietnam by the US military during the Vietnam War. ----

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

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