大纜 [－缆]

Jyutping daai6 laam6
Pinyin dà lǎn

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. a hawser, a thick rope
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    好​粗大​嘅​，​由​好多​條細繩​絞​成​嘅​繩
    a thick, huge rope
    • 扯大纜
      扯大缆
      ce2 daai6 laam6
      to play tug-of-war
    • 大纜都扯唔埋
      大缆都扯唔埋
      daai6 laam6 dou1 ce2 m4 maai4
      to imply that one thing is totally different from another; literally: one thing is so distant from another that they cannot be bound together even by a huge mooring-rope
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    我同佢大缆都扯唔埋，冇乜嘢好倾。
    我同佢大纜都扯唔埋，冇乜嘢好傾。
    ngo5 tung4 keoi5 daai6 laam6 dou1 ce2 m4 maai4, mou5 mat1 je5 hou2 king1.
    • I am completely different from him, so we have almost nothing to talk about.
  2. Cantonese
    扯大缆
    扯大纜
    ce2 daai6 laam6
    • to play tug-of-war
  3. Cantonese
    大缆都扯唔埋
    大纜都扯唔埋
    daai6 laam6 dou1 ce2 m4 maai4
    • to imply that one thing is totally different from another; literally: one thing is so distant from another that they cannot be bound together even by a huge mooring-rope