粵

爆baau3冷laang5

baau3 laang5bào lěng

English

  1. an upset (esp. in sports)
  2. to produce an unexpected result; to upset (in the sense of sports)
  3. unexpected turn of events
  4. to pull off a coup
  5. a breakthrough

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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

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