大破慳囊 (daai6 po3 haan1 nong4) — usually frugal person forking out a lot… in Cantonese

daaiˍ₆大po˗₃破haanˉ¹慳nongˎ₄囊

简打破悭囊

Mandarin Pinyin: da4 po4 qian1 nang2

Meaning of 大破慳囊

nounusually frugal person forking out a lot of money for personal or private purposes

nounto fork out a lot of money generously, especially to describe those who are usually very frugal / parsimonious

gamˉ¹今ci˗₃次heoi˗₃去leoiˏ₅旅hang4,行，daaiˍ₆大po˗₃破haanˉ¹慳nong4.囊。

This trip really broke the bank.

maaiˏ₅買zoˊ²咗bouˍ₆部sanˉ¹新sauˊ²手gei1,機，douˉ¹都haiˍ₆係daaiˍ₆大po˗₃破haanˉ¹慳nong4.囊。

Buying this new phone really cost a lot.

keoiˏ₅佢sangˉ¹生jatˍ₆日sung˗₃送gam˗₃咁gwai˗₃貴ge˗₃嘅laiˏ₅禮mat6,物，zanˉ¹真haiˍ₆係daaiˍ₆大po˗₃破haanˉ¹慳nong4.囊。

Giving such an expensive gift for their birthday really drained my wallet.

zongˉ¹裝jauˉ¹修ukˉ¹屋kei2,企，daaiˍ₆大po˗₃破haanˉ¹慳nong4.囊。

Renovating the house was a major expense.

sikˍ₆食fu˗₃放doi6,題，daaiˍ₆大po˗₃破haanˉ¹慳nong4.囊。

Eating at an all-you-can-eat buffet really emptied my pockets.

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