慳啲啦 (haan1 di1 laa1 | ) : knock it off

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慳啲啦

haan1 di1 laa1

knock it off

a shortened form of "save your breath"

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

慳啲啦

This word has been viewed 1995 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 9th Jan 2008 12:06 and last edited on 28th Nov 2012 06:44

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慳 haan1 - save; thrifty; miserly; lack
啲 di1 dit1 - some; those; a few
啦 laa1 laa3 laa4 - [final particle] now

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慳啲啦! 粵
Shut up! | Cut it out! | Save your breath!
[a shortened form of "save your breath"]

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