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蝕
Cantonese Slang
💡 Tip: [[to eclipse; to erode]]
Definitions
  1. 1 [[to eclipse; to erode]]
  2. 2 siht cheuk 蝕絆 — to lose (OS); to be cheated (OS).
  3. 3 siht dái 蝕底 — [to lose out] to miss out on a chance, to lose out on an opportunity, to not get one's fair share (yl 17.11.2000, 13); to lose one's virginity; a detective (OS).
  4. 4 siht séui 蝕水 — to lose money (djh 429, 14).
Other Readings
蝕
# adapted from cc-cedict | to suffer a loss
Words containing 蝕
偷雞唔到蝕揸米
to go out for wool and come home shorn; to expend effort trying to gain a profit
日蝕
solar eclipse; eclipse of the sun | Also written as 日食
怕蝕底
fear of being taken advantage
日全蝕
total eclipse of the sun
虧蝕
Losses; to have a deficit
虧蝕百分率
loss percent
月蝕
lunar eclipse; eclipse of the moon | Also written as 月食
蝕水
to lose money
冇賺冇蝕
break-even
唔輸蝕
not poor relatively
侵蝕
(noun) (of chemistry) Corrosion
蝕卓
to suffer a lose; to lose capital
蝕綽
to lose; to be cheated [colloquial]
鏽蝕
corroded by rust; rusty
賺頭蝕尾
a business strategy, meaning when the item is sold for a higher price at the beg
腐蝕
(verb) Erode
侵蝕作用
erosion
輸蝕
(verb) to suffer loss; to lose out; to be overtopped by others(unable to compete
蝕底
(verb) to suffer losses; to lose out on; to make a loss (adj.) to be taken advan
蝕桌
to suffer a loss
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