損手爛腳

Chinese

		to damage; injure; to lose to damage; injure; to lose; to harm	hand; convenient; ‑er	rotten; decayed; well-cooked rotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely	role; foot; base
trad. (損手爛腳)		損	手	爛	腳
simp. (损手烂脚)		损	手	烂	脚
Literally: “to cause abrasion to one's arm(s) and break one's legs”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun² sau² laan⁶ goek³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun² sau² laan⁶ goek³
    • Yale: syún sáu laahn geuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn² sau² laan⁶ goek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun² seo² lan⁶ gêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ laːn²² kœːk̚³/

Verb

損手爛腳

1. (Cantonese) to be injured (especially limbs)
2. (Cantonese, figuratively) to suffer huge losses in investment