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Jyutping daan6 gaa1 po4 mo2 hin2
Pinyin dàn jiā pó mō xiǎn

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句、舊式
    歇後語​,​後​一句​係​「​第二​篩​」​,​意思​係​冇​希望​,​係​「​第世​」​「​下世​」
    to have given up hope, to have only hope for the next life, to have no hope (a sandwich pun which literally means "Tanka boatwoman gropes for clams", which is followed by the phrase 第篩 dai6 sai1 (another sieve); which puns with 第世 dai6 sai3 (second life) )
  2. 參看
    蜑家婆摸蜆

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Jyutping daan2 gaa1 po4 mo2 hin2
Pinyin dàn jiā1po mō xiǎn

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. totally hopeless; to have no hope for something [colloquial]