爆冷
baau3 laang5bào lěng
English
- an upset (esp. in sports)
- to produce an unexpected result; to upset (in the sense of sports)
- unexpected turn of events
- to pull off a coup
- a breakthrough
粵語 — Cantonese
- 人人覺得會輸嗰一方嘅冷門反而贏咗;大熱倒灶
Examples
我哋學校辯論隊爆冷贏咗啝!
Our school's debate team won against the odds!
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk