墳場耍大刀——嚇鬼

墳場耍大刀——嚇鬼

See also: 坟场耍大刀——吓鬼

Chinese

		graveyard; cemetery	play with; to juggle	large broadsword		to frighten; to scare; to intimidate to frighten; to scare; to intimidate; to threaten	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (墳場耍大刀——嚇鬼)		墳場	耍	大刀	——	嚇	鬼
simp. (坟场耍大刀——吓鬼)		坟场	耍	大刀	——	吓	鬼
Literally: “play with a large broadsword in a graveyeard – scare ghosts”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan⁴ coeng⁴ saa² daai⁶ dou¹, haak³ gwai²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan⁴ coeng⁴ saa² daai⁶ dou¹, haak³ gwai²
    • Yale: fàhn chèuhng sá daaih dōu, haak gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan⁴ tsoeng⁴ saa² daai⁶ dou¹, haak⁸ gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen⁴ cêng⁴ sa² dai⁶ dou¹, hag³ guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn²¹ t͡ʃʰœ̽ːŋ²¹ säː³⁵ täːi̯²² tou̯⁵⁵ häːk̚³ kʷɐi̯³⁵/

Idiom

墳場耍大刀——嚇鬼

1. (Cantonese) to be unable to scare people

Synonyms

• (Mandarin) 墳頭上耍大刀——嚇鬼／坟头上耍大刀——吓鬼 (féntóu shàng shuǎ dàdāo, xià guǐ)