磨爛蓆

Chinese

		grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub	rotten; decayed; well-cooked rotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely	woven mat
trad. (磨爛蓆/磨爛席)		磨	爛	蓆/席
simp. (磨烂席)		磨	烂	席
Literally: “to rub a mat until it is torn”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo⁴ laan⁶ zek⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo⁴ laan⁶ zek⁶
    • Yale: mòh laahn jehk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo⁴ laan⁶ dzek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo⁴ lan⁶ zég⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː²¹ laːn²² t͡sɛːk̚²/

Verb

磨爛蓆

1. (Cantonese) to stay at one place for a long time and not willing to leave