「死雞撐飯蓋 / 死雞撑飯蓋」

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Character、
Pronunciation:
  • 死雞撐飯蓋 sei2 gai1 caang3 faan6 goi3
  • 死雞撑飯蓋 sei2 gai1 caang3 faan6 goi3
Individual
Character Meaning:
死 to die; inflexible; to fail; fixed; rigid; stiff; same old same old; to malfunction; to break down; to insist; to be stubborn; desperately; persistently; rigidly; blindly; very; extremely; irresistibly; successfully; literally: damned
雞 chicken; a whistle
撐 to support; to expand; support; withstand; to prop; to hold against; to hang on; to hold out; to persevere; to back somebody up; to open; to fill
飯 meal; cooked rice; stupid; idiot
蓋 cover, lid; lid; cap; upper cover; to cover; to imprint; to impress; a surname
Variants: Variants: 死鷄撐飯蓋 、 死鷄撑飯蓋
Part of Speech: expression
Explanation:
to refuse to admit that oneself is at fault by arguing and defending even when the truth is obvious; literally "the dead chicken props up the lid of rice-cooker"
(Cant.) 有jau5晒saai3證zing3據geoi3間gaan1公gung1司si1都dou1唔m4認jing6錯co3,死sei2雞gai1撐caang3飯faan6蓋goi3。
(Eng.) The company refused to admit their fault even though there was plenty of evidence against them.
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