si2 gwan1 si1屎軍師屎军师
Jyutpingsi2 gwan1 si1
Yalesí gwān sī
Definition
An advisor who gives terrible, useless, or counterproductive advice.
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How it's used
This term carries a strong sense of derision and is used to describe someone who gives consistently poor, unhelpful, or counterproductive advice. It is often applied to people who act confident in their suggestions but lack the actual wisdom or experience to back them up. The use of 屎 as a prefix is a common way in Cantonese to denote something of low quality or uselessness.
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Don't listen to him, he is just a terrible advisor.
Ask him for advice? Aren't you afraid of getting bad counsel?
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Common phrases
a total bad advisor
Common mistake
Avoid using this in professional or formal settings, as it is highly colloquial and insulting. It is strictly for casual, private conversation among friends or peers when venting about someone's poor decision-making.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
