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粵語辭叢

眼中釘

ngaan5 zung1 deng1included in 2 dictionaries
粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord

比喻極度憎惡而極想除去嘅事物。最討厭、憎恨嘅人(量詞:粒) (a metaphor for somebody that is hated by a person; literally : "pin in the eye")

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Examples

佢當我係眼中釘,我做乜佢都唔中意。

keoi5 dong3 ngo5 hai6 ngaan5 zung1 deng1, ngo5 zou6 mat1 keoi5 dou1 m4 zung1 ji3.

He treats me as a thorn in his side; he doesn't like anything I do.

維基辭典YuePhrase

Original phonetic: /ŋaːn¹³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ tɛːŋ⁵⁵/

synonym of 肉中刺,眼中釘 /肉中刺,眼中钉 (ròuzhōngcì, yǎnzhōngdīng)