染缸 [－－]

Jyutping jim5 gong1
Pinyin rǎn gāng

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. a dye vat; often used as a metaphor to describe an environment where one cannot escape the negative influences
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    用​嚟​裝著​染料​嘅​大​瓦​缸​（​量​詞​：​個​）
    dye vat
    • 佢細個嗰陣跌咗入個染缸度，好彩入便咩都冇。
      佢细个𠮶阵跌咗入个染缸度，好彩入便咩都冇。
      keoi5 sai3 go3 go2 zan6 dit3 zo2 jap6 go3 jim5 gong1 dou6, hou2 coi2 jap6 bin6 me1 dou6 mou5.
      He fell into a dye vat when he was a child; fortunately, it was empty.
  2. 名詞
    令人​變​壞​嘅​環​境
    a corrupting environment
    • 呢間辦公室係個大染缸，一個滿腔熱誠嘅畢業生入咗去，一個唯唯諾諾嘅打工仔出返嚟。
      呢间办公室系个大染缸，一个满腔热诚嘅毕业生入咗去，一个唯唯诺诺嘅打工仔出返嚟。
      ni1 gaan1 baan6 gung1 sat1 hai6 go3 daai6 jim5 gong1, jat1 go3 mun5 hung1 jit6 sing4 ge3 bat1 jip6 sang1 jap6 zo3 heoi3, jat3 go3 wai2 wai2 nok6 nok6 ge3 daa2 gung1 zai2 ceot1 faan1 lei4.
      This office is soul crushing. In goes an aspiring graduate, out comes a brownnosing wageslave.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢细个𠮶阵跌咗入个染缸度，好彩入便咩都冇。
    佢細個嗰陣跌咗入個染缸度，好彩入便咩都冇。
    keoi5 sai3 go3 go2 zan6 dit3 zo2 jap6 go3 jim5 gong1 dou6, hou2 coi2 jap6 bin6 me1 dou6 mou5.
    • He fell into a dye vat when he was a child; fortunately, it was empty.
  2. Cantonese
    呢间办公室系个大染缸，一个满腔热诚嘅毕业生入咗去，一个唯唯诺诺嘅打工仔出返嚟。
    呢間辦公室係個大染缸，一個滿腔熱誠嘅畢業生入咗去，一個唯唯諾諾嘅打工仔出返嚟。
    ni1 gaan1 baan6 gung1 sat1 hai6 go3 daai6 jim5 gong1, jat1 go3 mun5 hung1 jit6 sing4 ge3 bat1 jip6 sang1 jap6 zo3 heoi3, jat3 go3 wai2 wai2 nok6 nok6 ge3 daa2 gung1 zai2 ceot1 faan1 lei4.
    • This office is soul crushing. In goes an aspiring graduate, out comes a brownnosing wageslave.