thick rope; cable; hawser

peak tram fare/ticket

steel cable, wire cable, steel hawser, hoisting cable, guy rope

Peak Tram, a funicular railway in Hong Kong Island (Central district Victoria Peak)

The Peak Tram

an electric cable

bollard — a small post used to mark traffic islands or to prevent motorised traffic from entering pedestrian-only areas | Also: 標柱; 護柱; 矮柱

also 大纜扯唔埋

Literally, a big rope cannot push it together, Metaphor relationship between two people is not close, or did not have any relationship.

hawser

a hawser, a thick rope

leading the pack; act or speak first

noun; Tug of War Contest in which two teams pull at opposite ends of a rope until one drags the other over a central line.

also 大纜絞唔埋 or 大纜都攪唔埋

two things/ people are so not relevant; two things/ people have absolutely no relationship / correlation with each other whatsoever

to stay in a hotel room [colloquial]

overhead wires

optical fiber; optical cable

to take the lead; to pioneer; to set an example

to take the lead

tug-of-war

noun; tug of war; Contest in which two teams pull at opposite ends of a rope until one drags the other over a central line.

cast loose

to visit a brothel; to go to an hourly hotel (for sex)

stranded cable

cable car, or more specially, the Peak Tram cable commuter system that runs on rails in Hong Kong

(transportation in Hong Kong) The Peak Tram

take drastic measures to halt investment activities when losing money

to break off a romantic relationship

to make a clean break from a relationship; to sever ties; to cut off the ropes of a steamboat from a ferry; to take drastic measures to halt investment activities in order to minimise the loss of money

tracker (spoken)

to have no connection whatsoever [colloquial]