地踎
dei6 mau1dì móu
English
- describes a person who is jobless and acts like a gangster who squats around certain places; lower class
- inexpensive, cheap; of low taste or grade; of grassroots class; earthy
- the lowest class of rogue, have not even a still place to sit in, can only squat down here and there to rest temporarily.
粵語 — Cantonese
- 廉價嘅;低級,下等嘅;草根嘅;貼近基層生活嘅
- 最下等,最貧窮嘅一種流氓,由於無固定地盤,連坐的位置也沒有,只能四處流連踎響地下休息,因而得名。
Examples
班地踎流氓好麻煩,成日騷擾行人。
Those slummy rogues are so troublesome, they keep harassing the passer-by.
深水埗係窮人美食天堂,有好多地踎茶樓、大排檔、平價小食店。
Sham Shui Po is the gourmet heaven for the poor. There are a lot of grassroots teahouses, food stalls and greasy spoons.
黃秋生首《地踎搖滾》好鬼過癮喎! (wong4 cau1 sang1 sau2 "dei6 mau1 jiu4 gwan2" hou2 gwai2 gwo3 jan5 wo3!)
Anthony Perry's song "Earthy Rock" is really kick ass! ----
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk