「年初四噉嘅樣」

Entry #1
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."
(Cant.) 丁ding1酉jau5雞gai1年nin4大daai6年nin4初co1四sei3仲zung6係hai6公gung1眾zung3假gaa3期kei4,所so2以ji5大daai6家gaa1直zik6至zi3年nin4初co1五ng5先sin1擺baai2出ceot1「年nin4初co1四sei3噉gam2嘅ge3樣joeng2」。
(Eng.) The public holiday wasn't over on the 4th day of the lunar year in 2017; people didn't "look like on the 4th day" until the 5th day.
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