現眼報 [现－报]

Jyutping jin6 ngaan5 bou3
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Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. a way of saying 'the retaliation of Karma' (Buddhist perspective); 'what goes around, comes around'
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    做​咗​壞​事​之​後​，​好​快​就​得到​嘅​報​應
    (for people who have done wrong) immediate and just punishment/retribution
    • 佢打完人之後就畀車撞到，呢啲咪現眼報囉。
      佢打完人之后就畀车撞到，呢啲咪现眼报啰。
      keoi5 daa2 jyun4 jan4 zi1 hau6 zau6 bei2 ce1 zong6 dou2, ni1 di1 mai6 jin6 ngaan5 bou3 lo1.
      He got hit by a car after beating an innocent man. This is how justice is done.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢打完人之后就畀车撞到，呢啲咪现眼报啰。
    佢打完人之後就畀車撞到，呢啲咪現眼報囉。
    keoi5 daa2 jyun4 jan4 zi1 hau6 zau6 bei2 ce1 zong6 dou2, ni1 di1 mai6 jin6 ngaan5 bou3 lo1.
    • He got hit by a car after beating an innocent man. This is how justice is done.