賴地硬

Chinese

		disclaim; rely; to blame	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	hard; stiff; strong hard; stiff; strong; firm
trad. (賴地硬)		賴	地	硬
simp. (赖地硬)		赖	地	硬
Literally: “blame the floor for being too hard”.

Etymology

Short for 屙屎唔出賴地硬／屙屎唔出赖地硬. The original phrase is considered slightly vulgar.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laai⁶ dei⁶ ngaang⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laai⁶ dei⁶ ngaang⁶
    • Yale: laaih deih ngaahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laai⁶ dei⁶ ngaang⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lai⁶ déi⁶ ngang⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːi̯²² tei̯²² ŋaːŋ²²/

Idiom

賴地硬

1. (Cantonese) to always look for excuses upon failure rather than reflecting on oneself; a bad workman always blames his tools