攬炒

攬炒

Chinese

		to hug; to do something together	to lose; to fail
trad. (攬炒)		攬	炒
simp. (揽炒)		揽	炒

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laam^5-2 caau²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: laam^5-2 caau²
    • Yale: láam cháau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laam^5-2 tsaau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lam² cao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /läːm¹³⁻³⁵ t͡sʰäːu̯³⁵/

Verb

攬炒

1. (Cantonese, card games) to make other players lose together with oneself
2. (Cantonese, slang) to seek or induce mutual destruction

Synonyms

• (to induce mutual destruction):

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一鑊熟／一镬熟 (Cantonese) 兩敗俱傷／两败俱伤 (liǎngbàijùshāng) 同歸於盡／同归于尽 (tóngguīyújìn)

玉石俱焚 (yùshíjùfén) 魚死網破／鱼死网破 (yúsǐwǎngpò)