「執人口水尾」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: zap1 jan4 hau2 seoi2 mei1
Individual
Character Meaning:
執 pick up; a small bundle of; a pinch; to hold; to grasp; to take charge of; to direct; to perform; to carry out; to persist; to pick up; to tidy; to neaten; to correct; to revise; to close down
人 human; human being; person; people; personality; everybody; (some) people; others; somebody; body of a person
口 mouth; opening; entrance; cut; hole; gash
水 water; soup; beverage; liquids in general; body of water
尾 tail; last; final; end; remaining part
Part of Speech: verb
Labels: Slang
Explanation:
to echo what someone else says; to parrot others' words
(Cant.) 寫se2論leon6文man2執zap1人jan4口hau2水seoi2尾mei1而ji4唔m4寫se2明ming4出ceot1處cyu5就zau6係hai6剽piu5竊sit3。
(Eng.) Echoing others' words in your own essay without attributing a source is plagiarism.
(Cant.) 佢keoi5份fan6人jan4冇mou5咩me1諗nam2法faat3,淨zing6係hai6識sik1得dak1執zap1人jan4口hau2水seoi2尾mei1。
(Eng.) He himself seldom thinks, what he does is to regurgitate what others had said before.
Synonym: Synonym: 拾人牙慧
See also: 鸚鵡
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