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粵語辭叢

生人霸死地

saang1 jan4 baa3 sei2 dei6included in 5 dictionaries
saang1`53 jan4 baa3 sei2 dei6included in 1 dictionaries
廣州話俗語詞典: 1637CantonPhrase
Jyutping:
saang1 jan4 baa3 sei2 dei6Original phonetic: sang1 yen4 ba3 séi2 déi6

原指人未死先霸坟地,现多指霸占着地方而无所作为。

Examples

挂名做个科长又唔做事,你话佢系唔系生人霸死地吖

挂名当个科长又不干事,你说他是不是占着茅坑不拉屎

粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongPhrase
Jyutping:
saang1 jan4 baa3 sei2 dei6

阻住或者#掗 住自己用唔著,但係其他人要用嘅地方 (to occupy or claim ownership of something that is not useful to the person, depriving others from using it; to be in the way; to block the path of others; literally "living person occupying land of the dead")

語句
維基辭典YuePhrase
Jyutping:
saang1 jan4 baa3 sei2 dei6Original phonetic: /saːŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ paː³³ sei̯³⁵ tei̯²²/

to be a dog in the manger

現代粵語詞典: 17187CantonPhrase
Jyutping:
saang1 jan4 baa3 sei2 dei6Original phonetic: saang1 yan2 baa5 sei3 dei6

人未死先占坟地,比喻占着岗位却无所作为。

廣州話詞典(第2版): 7501CantonPhrase
Jyutping:
saang1 jan4 baa3 sei2 dei6Original phonetic: sɑng1 yen4 bɑ3 séi2 déi6

熟语。指霸占着地方而不作为。