「插水」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: caap3 seoi2
Individual
Character Meaning:
插 to insert; to thrust; to put in; to stick in; to add; to place between; to join; to reprimand; to scold; to admonish; to chastize; to drop in price
水 water; soup; beverage; liquids in general; body of water
Part of Speech: verb
Explanation:
  • to dive into water from the springboard
    (Cant.) 好hou2玩waan2唔m4玩waan2,學hok6人jan4玩waan2插caap3水seoi2,好hou2危ngai4險him2㗎gaa3!隨ceoi4時si4插caap3到dou3池ci4底dai2整zing2傷soeng1自zi6己gei2㗎gaa3!
    (Eng.) There are lots of other things you could do other than diving from the springboard! It's dangerous! You could have plunged all the way to the pool bed and hurt yourself.

  • to worsen rapidly; usually refers to figures (e.g. stock price, business performance) in a free fall
    (Cant.) 又jau6話waa6中zung1國gwok3政zing3府fu2今gam1朝ziu1會wui5入jap6股gu2救gau3市si5嘅ge2?我ngo5隻zek39413gau2 sei3 jat1 saam1今gam1日jat6由jau4兩loeng5蚊man1一jat1下haa5插caap3水seoi2插caap3到dou3落lok6五ng5毫hou4呀aa3陰jam1功gung1!
    (Eng.) Didn't they say China would support the stock market? My 9413 shares dropped from $2 to $0.5 today!

  • to dive to the ground and feign an injury, in order to mislead the referee into thinking that the other team has committed a foul in a ball game; also refers to the act of gaining (unfair) advantage by playing the victim card
    (Cant.) 你nei5扮baan6夠gau3未mei6呀aa3?都dou1冇mou5人jan4掂dim3過gwo3你nei5,你nei5唔m4好hou2自zi6己gei2仆puk1街gaai1插caap3水seoi2搏bok3同tung4情cing4先sin1得dak1㗎gaa2?
    (Eng.) Are you done with your acting yet? No one touched you at all. How could you dive to the ground yourself and pretend to be the victim?

See also: 出言不遜 打茅波 損手爛腳 收咧 收水 江河日下 爆咪 爆格 爆響口 跌低 (類近詞彙取自ToastyNews數據分析)
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