Cantonese Dictionary

showing off

swank, to show off, to boast [Var.] 曬命

a fortune-teller

take sb's life; of conditions to be bad enough to almost kill sb.

A two-part idiom (歇後語); the second part is 唔打唔成器. 柴魚命 means "the life of a 柴魚". 柴魚 is a type of fish used in making soup or porridge. In order for its flavour to be released into the broth or porridge, it has to be beatened and hammered. in this way, the "life of 柴魚" is such that it is "唔打唔成器", which would mean "not aromatic if not beatened ". note that there is a pun on the character 器(sounds like 氣).

extremely skinny and frail

(slang) to endure difficult circumstances because someone is ill-fated; to swallow an insult

to be in a great hurry; to do some job in great hurry

barely escape death; come back from the dead

to be born in a poor family with bad prospects; to come from a poor background [colloquial]

to lose one's life over something [colloquial]

have a lot of money but no life in which to spend it

To describe someone who is willing to sacrifice their health and risk their life for beauty

covet a beautiful image while damaging one's health, even to death

be obstinate in doing something without any regards to the cost or consequences

to put one's life at risk [colloquial]

everything one has

taking advantage of someone when they are in a vulnerable situation; a cheap shot;