粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord
Jyutping:
laak6 gan2 fu3 tau4
laak6 zyu6 fu3 tau4
財困要慳住使，滅少開支 (to cut down on expenses because of financial difficulty; to "tighten one's belt"; literally: to tighten one's waistband)
語句勒緊褲頭
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laak6 zyu6 fu3 tau4included in 1 dictionaries
lak6 gan2 fu3 tau4included in 1 dictionaries
laak6 gan2 fu3 tau4
· included in 2 dictionaries粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord
Jyutping:
laak6 gan2 fu3 tau4
laak6 zyu6 fu3 tau4
財困要慳住使，滅少開支 (to cut down on expenses because of financial difficulty; to "tighten one's belt"; literally: to tighten one's waistband)
語句維基辭典YueWord
Jyutping:
lak6 gan2 fu3 tau4Original phonetic: /lɐk̚² kɐn³⁵ fuː³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
laak6 gan2 fu3 tau4Original phonetic: /laːk̚² kɐn³⁵ fuː³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
to tighten one's belt; to tighten the purse strings; to be more frugal
Examples
由於父親的收入減少，全家人將要勒緊褲頭過活。
Due to reduced income of (our) father, our whole family will need to live at reduced expense.