爛泥 [烂－]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. mud
  2. mire
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    水份​含量​高​嘅​土壤
    mire; mud
  2. 名詞
    由得​自己​pea​，​頹住過​生活​嘅​人​（​量​詞​：​噼​）
    figuratively, person who is indolent and has no regard for oneself
    • 佢失戀之後，乜嘢都唔做，淨係飲酒，好似一噼爛泥噉。
      佢失恋之后，乜嘢都唔做，净系饮酒，好似一噼烂泥噉。
      keoi5 sat1 lyun2 zi1 hau6, mat1 je5 dou1 m4 zou6, zing6 hai6 jam2 zau2, hou2 ci5 jat1 pek3 laan6 nai4 gam2.
      After he broke up/was disappointed in love, he didn't do anything (but) only drink/(took to drink), (he's just) like mud (he's indolent and had no regard for oneself).
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    mud; slush; ooze; mire (Classifier: 灘／滩 m)
    (syn.) 泥浆, 漉糊糜, 塗溝仔糜, 爛塗糜, 涂沟仔糜, 涂糜膏, 塗膏, 爛塗, 塗糜漿, 涂膏, 涂糜, 泥漿, 塗糜膏, 烂涂, 涂糜浆, 泥糊糊, 烂涂糜, 塗糜
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    他们把这只狗打成了烂泥。
    他們把這隻狗打成了爛泥。
    tā men bǎ zhè zhǐ gǒu dǎ chéng le làn ní 。
    • They beat the dog to a pulp.
  2. Mandarin
    她把他从烂泥中拽出来了。
    她把他從爛泥中拽出來了。
    tā bǎ tā cóng làn ní zhōng zhuāi chū lái le 。
    • She pulled him out of the mud.
  3. Mandarin
    烂泥扶不上墙。
    爛泥扶不上牆。
    làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng 。
    • You can't raise a cat to be a dog.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    几好心机教你都系噉，烂泥扶唔上壁啊你！
    幾好心機教你都係噉，爛泥扶唔上壁啊你！
    gei2 hou2 sam1 gei1 gaau3 nei5 dou1 hai6 gam2, laan6 nai4 fu4 m4 soeng5 bek3 aa3 nei5!
    • Even though no efforts are spared teaching you, you still have no change at all!
  2. Cantonese
    佢失恋之后，乜嘢都唔做，净系饮酒，好似一噼烂泥噉。
    佢失戀之後，乜嘢都唔做，淨係飲酒，好似一噼爛泥噉。
    keoi5 sat1 lyun2 zi1 hau6, mat1 je5 dou1 m4 zou6, zing6 hai6 jam2 zau2, hou2 ci5 jat1 pek3 laan6 nai4 gam2.
    • After he broke up/was disappointed in love, he didn't do anything (but) only drink/(took to drink), (he's just) like mud (he's indolent and had no regard for oneself).
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    大鱼吃小鱼，小鱼吃虾米，虾米吃烂泥。
    大魚吃小魚，小魚吃蝦米，蝦米吃爛泥。
    dà yú chī xiǎo yú ， xiǎo yú chī xiā mi ， xiā mi chī làn ní ．
    • The big fish eat the little fish, the little fish eat small shrimps, and the shrimps eat sludge.