落湯雞 [－汤鸡]

Jyutping lok6 tong1 gai1
Pinyin luò tāng jī

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. a person who looks drenched and bedraggled
  2. like a drowned rat
  3. deep distress
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    成身​濕​晒​嘅​人​（​量​詞​：​隻​）
    person who gets all wet, soaked through, completely drenched; literally: chicken in soup
    • 個天突然落雨，我又冇帶遮，咪變成落湯雞囉。
      个天突然落雨，我又冇带遮，咪变成落汤鸡啰。
      go3 tin1 dat6 jin4 lok6 jyu5, ngo5 jau6 mou5 daai3 ze1, mai6 bin3 sing4 lok6 tong1 gai1 lo1.
      It rained suddenly and I didn't have an umbrella with me. That's why I got all wet.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, figuratively, idiomatic
    someone who is soaking wet; someone who looks like a drowned rat
  2. noun, figuratively, idiomatic
    someone in a difficult situation
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我被雨淋成了落汤鸡。
    我被雨淋成了落湯雞。
    wǒ bèi yǔ lín chéng le luò tāng jī 。
    • I was utterly soaked by the downpour.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    好彩有带遮啫，唔系实变落汤鸡。
    好彩有帶遮啫，唔係實變落湯雞。
    hou2 coi2 jau5 daai3 ze1 zek1, m4 hai6 sat6 bin3 lok6 tong1 gai1.
    • How fortunate that I brought my umbrella! I would have gotten soaked if I hadn't.
  2. Cantonese
    个天突然落雨，我又冇带遮，咪变成落汤鸡啰。
    個天突然落雨，我又冇帶遮，咪變成落湯雞囉。
    go3 tin1 dat6 jin4 lok6 jyu5, ngo5 jau6 mou5 daai3 ze1, mai6 bin3 sing4 lok6 tong1 gai1 lo1.
    • It rained suddenly and I didn't have an umbrella with me. That's why I got all wet.