斬到一頸血

Chinese

		behead; chop	to (a place); until (a time); up to to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	neck	blood
trad. (斬到一頸血)		斬	到	一	頸	血
simp. (斩到一颈血)		斩	到	一	颈	血
Literally: “to be chopped, leaving a neck full of blood”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaam² dou³ jat¹ geng² hyut³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaam² dou³ jat¹ geng² hyut³
    • Yale: jáam dou yāt géng hyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaam² dou³ jat⁷ geng² hyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zam² dou³ yed¹ géng² hüd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːm³⁵ tou̯³³ jɐt̚⁵ kɛːŋ³⁵ hyːt̚³/

Idiom

斬到一頸血

1. (Cantonese) being ripped off

   • 通常情況係個大股東已經斬到一頸血都要扮晒瀟灑，周圍同人講重有幾十個億會托返上去。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     通常情况系个大股东已经斩到一颈血都要扮晒潇洒，周围同人讲重有几十个亿会托返上去。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2016, 羅尚沛 (Eugene Law), 越爆越亢奮, 港股策略王, issue 84, page 61

     tung¹ soeng⁴ cing⁴ fong³ hai⁶ go³ daai⁶ gu² dung¹ ji⁵ ging¹ zaam² dou³ jat¹ geng² hyut³ dou¹ jiu³ baan⁶ saai³ siu¹ saa², zau¹ wai⁴ tung⁴ jan⁴ gong² zung⁶ jau⁵ gei² sap⁶ go³ jik¹ wui⁵ tok³ faan¹ soeng⁵ heoi³. [Jyutping]

     The usual case is that the big shareholder still has to pretend to be charming after getting ripped off, telling people all over that he still has billions of dollars to bring back up.