gaau2 si2 gaau2 gwan3搞屎搞棍
Jyutpinggaau2 si2 gaau2 gwan3
Yalegáau sí gáau gwan
Definition
To stir up trouble or create discord among people.
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How it's used
This idiom describes someone who intentionally disrupts harmony or creates conflict, often by gossiping or meddling in affairs that do not concern them. It carries a strong sense of annoyance and disapproval, painting the person as a nuisance who thrives on chaos. It is almost exclusively used to criticize someone's behavior rather than to describe a neutral action.
Examples
Those two were fine, it was you who stirred up trouble between them.
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Common mistake
Do not use this to describe someone who is simply busy or working hard, as it specifically implies malicious or unnecessary interference. It is also not used for someone who is just clumsy or makes mistakes.
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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.
