當dong1住zyu6

dong1 zyu6dāng zhùinferred

English

to one's face; in the presence of another person

粵語 — Cantonese

喺一個人面前

Examples

佢當住我屋企人面前向我求婚。
He proposed to me in the presence of my family.
佢當住我面嘅時候就好好，但係背住我嘅時候就講我壞話。
He has been nice to my face but said unpleasant things about me behind my back.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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