拍烏蠅

Chinese

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Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): paak³ wu¹ jing^4-1

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: paak³ wu¹ jing^4-1
  - Yale: paak wū yīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: paak⁸ wu¹ jing^4-1
  - Guangdong Romanization: pag³ wu¹ ying^4-1
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːk̚³ wuː⁵⁵ jɪŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵/

Verb

拍⫽烏蠅 (verb-object) (Cantonese)

(literally) to swat flies (with a flyswatter)
(figurative, of business, traffic, etc.) to be slack (to the extent that clerks can only swat flies in the shop); to be sluggish; to be quiet

Synonyms

門可羅雀／门可罗雀 (ménkěluóquè)

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