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打到寸唔起為止 (daa2 dou3 cyun3 m4 hei2 wai4 zi2) — to be beaten up to such a bad state that they cannot fight back [colloquial] in Cantonese

daaˊ²打dou˗₃到cyun˗₃寸mˎ₄唔heiˊ²起waiˎ₄為ziˊ²止
简 打到寸唔起为止
Mandarin Pinyin: da3 dao4 cun4 wu2 qi3 wei2zhi3

Meaning of 打到寸唔起為止

nounto be beaten up to such a bad state that they cannot fight back [colloquial]

Characters in 打到寸唔起為止

打daa2
dozen
到dou3
arrive; reach; get to
寸cyun3
cocky; arrogant; vain | [Var] 串
唔m4
not; no | [華] 不
起hei2
case; instance
為wai4
used after an adverb for emphasis, e.g. 極為, 頗為
止zi2
detain

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