「年初四噉嘅樣」
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Pronunciation: | nin4 co1 sei3 gam2 ge3 joeng2 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
年 year 初 first; early; the beginning of; for the first time; just beginning to; just happened; elementary; junior 四 four 噉 then; in this way; well; this; in this manner; like 嘅 of 樣 kind; type; shape; form; figure; appearance |
Part of Speech: | expression |
Explanation: |
wearing a long face; literally "looking like on the 4th day of the lunar year". Originated from the Stephen Chow movie The Lucky Guy (1998), "(on the) 4th day of New Year, you resume work and have no money. You have to work, it's the look on all of your face."
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