跌落地揦返拃沙 (dit3 lok6 dei6 laa2 faan1 zaa6 saa1 | die1 luo4 di4 la2 fan3 zhan3 sha1) : to salvage one's pride; to save face

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跌落地揦返拃沙

dit3 lok6 dei6 laa2 faan1 zaa6 saa1

die1 luo4 di4 la2 fan3 zhan3 sha1

to salvage one's pride; to save face; to pretend that one did not make a mess of things, although in fact one did mess up | Lit.: "To (accidentally trip and) fall, but (to pretend) to grab some sand (as if that was the purpose of going down on the ground)" | Sometimes as 跌咗揦返拃沙 or 跌倒揦返拃沙 or 跌咗落地拿返拃沙

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

跌落地揦返拃沙

This word has been viewed 5899 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 31st Aug 2004 07:32 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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跌 dit3 tit3 - stumble; slip; fall
落 lok6 laai6 - to fall
地 dei6 dei6*2 - earth; land; district; location
揦 laa2 laa5 - grab; irritate; dirty
返 faan1 faan2 - return; go back
拃 zaa6 zaa3 - obstruct; handful; group
沙 saa1 - sand

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