鞭撻 [－挞]

Jyutping bin1 taat3
Pinyin biān tà

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to lash
  2. to castigate
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞、名詞
    原指用​鞭​抽打​，​現​引伸​為​無​情並​激烈​地​指責​、​批評​同​攻擊​。
    Originally meant “flogging with a whip”, but the phrase has extended its meaning to mean "ruthlessly criticize and attack sb. or sth.".
    • 有人話，人性中最應受鞭撻嘅係貪婪。
      有人话，人性中最应受鞭挞嘅系贪婪。
      jau5 jan4 waa6, jan4 sing3 zung1 zeoi3 jing1 sau6 bin1 taat3 ge3 hai6 taam1 laam4.
      Some say that greed is the most condemnable aspect of human nature.
    • 三年前你地鞭撻梁天琦，正如今日你地鞭撻臨時政府。
      三年前你地鞭挞梁天琦，正如今日你地鞭挞临时政府。
      saam1 nin4 cin4 nei5 dei6 bin1 taat3 loeng4 tin1 kei4, zing3 jyu4 gam1 jat6 nei5 dei6 bin1 taat3 lam4 si4 zing3 fu2.
      The way you criticized Leung Tin-kei three years ago is exactly the same way you're criticizing the provisional government now.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    有人话，人性中最应受鞭挞嘅系贪婪。
    有人話，人性中最應受鞭撻嘅係貪婪。
    jau5 jan4 waa6, jan4 sing3 zung1 zeoi3 jing1 sau6 bin1 taat3 ge3 hai6 taam1 laam4.
    • Some say that greed is the most condemnable aspect of human nature.
  2. Cantonese
    三年前你地鞭挞梁天琦，正如今日你地鞭挞临时政府。
    三年前你地鞭撻梁天琦，正如今日你地鞭撻臨時政府。
    saam1 nin4 cin4 nei5 dei6 bin1 taat3 loeng4 tin1 kei4, zing3 jyu4 gam1 jat6 nei5 dei6 bin1 taat3 lam4 si4 zing3 fu2.
    • The way you criticized Leung Tin-kei three years ago is exactly the same way you're criticizing the provisional government now.