daai6 mun5 gun3大滿貫大满贯
Jyutpingdaai6 mun5 gun3
Yaledaaih múhn gun
Definition
Grand slam; winning all possible tricks in bridge, or winning a complete set of major titles in other fields.
- technicalgrand slam in bridge, where a player wins all possible tricks
- figurativegrand slam in sports or arts, meaning winning a full set of major awards
colloquialsportsother
How it's used
Originally a term from bridge, this word has been widely adopted in Hong Kong to describe sweeping all major titles in a specific field. It carries a strong connotation of absolute dominance and perfection in a competitive context. You will hear it most frequently in sports news, particularly regarding tennis, but it is also used metaphorically in entertainment to refer to winning all major industry awards.
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He finally won the tennis Grand Slam this year.
Do you know which player has won a Grand Slam?
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Common phrases
to win a Grand Slam
to achieve a Grand Slam
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
