粵

劏tong1雞gai1還waan4神san4

tong1 gai1 waan4 san4tāng jī hái shéninferred

English

  1. (as a gesture to thank god) to slaughter a chicken to offer to god after a narrow escape from a misfortune

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 指避過不幸事件之後,劏隻雞去做祭品,報答神恩

Examples

  • 你今次逃過大難,真係要劏雞還神喇!

    You should thank god for being saved from the disaster. You need to slaughter a chicken as an offering.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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