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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to hold things up
  2. to make a botch of things
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    耽誤​事情
    to cause delay or failure in work or business; to hold things up; to ruin a plan through mismanagement, negligence, etc.; to spoil something
    • 俾佢做呢份工作就只會誤事。
      俾佢做呢份工作就只会误事。
      bei2 keoi5 zou6 lei1 fan6 gung1 zok3 zau6 zi2 wui2 ng6 si6.
      If you let him do that job, he'll spoil it.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to cause delays in work or business; to hold things up; to bungle matters; to mismanage
    (syn.) 失事
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    俾佢做呢份工作就只会误事。
    俾佢做呢份工作就只會誤事。
    bei2 keoi5 zou6 lei1 fan6 gung1 zok3 zau6 zi2 wui2 ng6 si6.
    • If you let him do that job, he'll spoil it.