托手踭 (tok3 sau2 zaang1) — refuse a request (for a favour); turn s… in Cantonese

tok˗₃托sauˊ²手zaangˉ¹踭

Mandarin Pinyin: tuo1 shou3 zheng1

Meaning of 托手踭

nounrefuse a request (for a favour); turn sb down flat; reject an instruction

nounsupport the elbow

nounto reject; to turn down a request

keoiˏ₅佢tok˗₃托sauˊ²手zeal˗₃踭mˎ₄唔zouˍ₆做

He's shirking his responsibilities.

mˎ₄唔houˊ²好tok˗₃托sauˊ²手zeal˗₃踭

Don't shirk your duties.

keoiˏ₅佢sengˎ₄成jatˍ₆日tok˗₃托sauˊ²手zeal˗₃踭

He's always slacking off.

mˎ₄唔soengˊ²想tok˗₃托sauˊ²手zeal˗₃踭

Don't want to shirk work.

niˉ¹呢fanˍ₆份gungˉ¹工houˊ²好naanˎ₄難tok˗₃托sauˊ²手zeal˗₃踭

This job is hard to slack off from.

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