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跌咗落地嗱番乍沙 (dit3 zo2 lok6 dei6 naa4 faan1 zaa3 saa1) — to give poor excuse to cover up one's faults / mistakes / failure inorder to save one's face [colloquial] in Cantonese

dit˗₃跌zoˊ²咗lokˍ₆落deiˍ₆地naaˎ₄嗱faanˉ¹番zaa˗₃乍saaˉ¹沙
Mandarin Pinyin: die1 zuo5 luo4di4 na2 fan1 zha4 sha1

Meaning of 跌咗落地嗱番乍沙

nounto give poor excuse to cover up one's faults / mistakes / failure inorder to save one's face [colloquial]

Characters in 跌咗落地嗱番乍沙

跌dit3
stamp
咗zo2
already; (particle marking perfective aspect or continuous state), same as 著.
落lok6
natural and poised
地dei6
earth; land; soil; ground
嗱naa4
there!; look!; here!; there it is! {also written 拿}
番faan1
times; -fold; kind/sort of
乍zaa3
at first; for the first time
沙saa1
sth resembling sand; sth granular or powdery

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