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Jyutping
fei1 zoeng6 gwo3 ho4
Pinyin
fēi xiàng guò hé
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
uninvitingly stepping into other's territory for one's benefit (slang)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
語句
不守規則。從象棋規則而嚟
(literally: fly an elephant across the river)to break a rule (a reference to the rules of Chinese chess)
語句
圍埋一齊食飯時,唔夾近自己果邊嘅餸菜,反而去夾遠啲嘅
to reach across the table for food
Definitions (Wiktionary)
phrase, Cantonese, idiomatic
to get food from the far side of a dish
phrase, idiomatic
to move one's elephant across the river (a move that is against the rules of xiangqi)
phrase, idiomatic
to be unreasonable