打爛 (daa2 laan6 | ) : to break

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打爛

daa2 laan6

to break sth. | Mand.: 打破

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 191,000

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

打爛

This word has been viewed 3907 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 22nd Aug 2004 08:50 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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打 daa2 daa1 - hit; strike | dozen
爛 laan6 - rotten; worn-out

5 compounds containing this word:

打爛咗 - broken (as a result of an impact)
打爛齋鉢 - to break a resolution because of a lack of self-discipline
打爛飯碗 - lose a job
打爛齋缽 - unable to maintain self-discipline; fail to follow through with one's resolution
打爛砂盆問到篤 - seek after truth

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嗰隻碟打爛咗粵
That plate is broken.
[打爛咗 implies the breakage is as a result of being dropped or smashed.]

點解你洗嚫碗都打爛嘢㗎？
Why is it that every time you wash dishes you break something?
[[粵] V-嚫 ... 都... Pattern the means every time someone does something, such and such will happen.]

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