粵

蜑daan6家gaa1婆po4摸mo2蜆hin2

daan6 gaa1 po4 mo2 hin2dang6 gaa1 po4 mo2 hin2dàn jiā pó mō xiàninferred

English

  1. to have given up hope, to have only hope for the next life, to have no hope (a sandwich pun which literally means "Tanka boatwoman gropes for clams", which is followed by the phrase 第篩 dai6 sai1 (another sieve); which puns with 第世 dai6 sai3 (second life) )

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 歇後語，後一句係「第二篩」，意思係冇希望，係「第世」「下世」

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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