gaau2 cyun3 go3 paa1 ti4搞寸個ｐａｒｔｙ搞寸个ｐａｒｔｙ
Jyutpinggaau2 cyun3 go3 paa1 ti4
Yalegáau chyun go pā tìh
Definition
To spoil the fun, ruin an event, or rain on someone's parade.
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How it's used
Despite the literal translation, this phrase is rarely about an actual party. It is a versatile idiom used to describe someone who ruins a plan, spoils an atmosphere, or causes a project to fail through clumsy or disruptive behavior. It carries a strong sense of frustration towards someone who acts as a killjoy.
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Do not use this phrase in formal settings or when speaking to superiors, as it is highly informal and carries an accusatory tone. It is strictly for casual, peer-to-peer social contexts.
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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.
