淋紅油 [－红－]

Jyutping lam4 hung4 jau2
Pinyin lín hóng yóu

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    係​大耳窿​追數​或者​尋​仇​嘅​方法​之一​；​追​數​嘅​人​會​將​紅​色​嘅​油漆​潑去​欠債​人​嘅​住所​或者​公司​，​甚至​直接​撥去​欠債​人身​上面
    to spatter red paint; to spatter paint to the debtor's house or himself as a warning
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 恐嚇 – 恐吓
  2. 惡意攻擊 – 恶意攻击
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    收数公司日日派人嚟 淋红油，吓到佢连屋企都唔敢返。
    收數公司日日派人嚟 淋紅油，嚇到佢連屋企都唔敢返。
    sau1 sou3 gung1 si1 jat6 jat6 paai3 jan4 lei4 lam4 hung4 jau2, haak3 dou3 keoi5 lin4 uk1 kei2 dou1 m4 gam2 faan1.
    • The debt collection agency kept sending people every day to threaten him of unpaid debt by spattering red paint over his house, making him too afraid to return home.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Cantonese
    淋红油
    淋紅油
    lam4 hung4 jau2
    • to daub with red paint (as a way to threaten loan shark victims)