粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord
無情、冷血，或指做事剛嚴猛烈 (brutal; coldblooded; merciless ; or mean stern and severe in doing the duty)
形容詞Examples
辣手摧花
to kill / to rape a beautiful girl brutally
辣手
laat6 sau2included in 4 dictionaries
laat6 sau2
· included in 4 dictionaries粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord
無情、冷血，或指做事剛嚴猛烈 (brutal; coldblooded; merciless ; or mean stern and severe in doing the duty)
形容詞Examples
辣手摧花
to kill / to rape a beautiful girl brutally
維基辭典YueWord
Original phonetic: /laːt̚² sɐu̯³⁵/
01
difficult to handle; thorny; troublesome; knotty; prickly
02
ruthless; vicious; cruel; sinister
03
cruel means; drastic means
04
ruthless person
粵語辭源: 390_2CantonWord
Original phonetic: lad6 seo2
01
手段厲害或毒辣。
02
棘手；難辦。（鄭定歐：1997：327）
References:
- 明·周起元《定數以節歲支並燭虛詞以絕熒聽事疏》：運蘇州止應找段三百五十疋，堂匠交段不收，直欲駕此局面以爲挑激計而顯施～，此其必不可聽者。（《周忠愍奏疏》卷下葉十四，清文淵閣四庫全書本）
廣州話詞典（第2版）: 4728CantonWord
Original phonetic: lɑd6 seo2
01
棘手。
02
手段厉害或毒辣
Examples
你点落得噉嘅～!
你怎么下得了这样的毒手
～神探。