gap1 ging1 fung1 jyu6 zoek6 maan6 long4 zung1急驚風遇着慢郎中急惊风遇着慢郎中
Jyutpinggap1 ging1 fung1 jyu6 zoek6 maan6 long4 zung1
Yalegāp gīng fūng yuh jeuhk maahn lòhng jūng
Definition
An urgent person or situation meeting a slow and sluggish person who delays progress.
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How it's used
This idiom vividly contrasts the urgency of a medical emergency with the perceived incompetence or lack of urgency of a slow practitioner. It is often used to express frustration when one is under pressure but forced to rely on someone who is unhurried or inefficient. The imagery of a patient with a sudden, severe condition needing immediate intervention highlights the mismatch in pace.
Examples
I am in a rush to deliver the goods, but I ended up with someone so slow.
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Common mistake
Do not use this to describe someone who is simply careful or thorough. It specifically implies that the person's slowness is causing a failure to meet a deadline or missing a critical window of opportunity.
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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.
