大纜都扯唔埋

Chinese

			metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already	pull; tear; to talk casually	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	close together
trad. (大纜都扯唔埋)		大纜	都	扯	唔	埋
simp. (大缆都扯唔埋)		大缆	都	扯	唔	埋
Literally: “even a huge rope cannot pull (them) together”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ laam⁶ dou¹ ce² m⁴ maai⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ laam⁶ dou¹ ce² m⁴ maai⁴
    • Yale: daaih laahm dōu ché m̀h màaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ laam⁶ dou¹ tse² m⁴ maai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ lam⁶ dou¹ cé² m⁴ mai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² laːm²² tou̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛː³⁵ m̩²¹ maːi̯²¹/

Idiom

大纜都扯唔埋

1. (Cantonese) to have no relationship with each other whatsoever; to be totally irrelevant

Synonyms

• 風馬牛不相及／风马牛不相及 (fēng mǎ niú bù xiāngjí)