大石砸死蟹

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	rock; stone; 10 pecks	to weigh down	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	crab
trad. (大石砸死蟹)		大	石	砸	死	蟹
simp. #(大石砸死蟹)		大	石	砸	死	蟹
alternative forms		大石責死蟹／大石责死蟹 大石磧死蟹／大石碛死蟹 大石笮死蟹
Literally: “Big rock weighs down on a dead crab.”

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ sek⁶ zaak³ sei² haai⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ sek⁶ zaak³ sei² haai⁵
    • Yale: daaih sehk jaak séi háaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ sek⁹ dzaak⁸ sei² haai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ ség⁶ zag³ séi² hai⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² sɛːk̚² t͡saːk̚³ sei̯³⁵ haːi̯¹³/

Idiom

大石砸死蟹

1. (Cantonese) to coerce and overpower by force or authority