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粵語辭叢

死心塌地

sei2 sam1 taap3 dei6included in 2 dictionaries
sli2 slim1 haap2 i6included in 1 dictionaries
粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord
Jyutping:
sei2 sam1 taap3 dei6

一心一意,不作他想 (to be dead set on something or someone)

形容詞

Examples

佢愛一個人會好死心塌地,憎一個人又會好決絕,愛恨分明。

keoi5 oi3 jat1 go3 jan4 wui5 hou2 sei2 sam1 taap3 dei6, zang1 jat1 go3 jan4 jau6 wui5 hou2 kyut3 zyut6, oi3 han6 fan1 ming4.

She has a clear-cut line between love and hate. She loves someone to the bones and vice versa.

維基辭典YuePhrase
Jyutping:
sei2 sam1 taap3 dei6Original phonetic: /sei̯³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ tʰaːp̚³ tei̯²²/

to be hell-bent on; to be dead set on (following someone)

Examples

她死心塌地地跟著那個男人。

She devotes herself to that man.

反革命可不可以轉變?當然,有些死心塌地的反革命不會轉變。但是,在我國的條件下,他們中間的大多數將來會有不同程度的轉變。

Is it possible for counter-revolutionaries to change? The die-hards will undoubtedly never change. However, given the conditions in our country, most of the counter-revolutionaries will eventually change to a greater or lesser extent.