song3 kyun4 juk6 gwok3喪權辱國丧权辱国
Jyutpingsong3 kyun4 juk6 gwok3
Yalesong kyùhn yuhk gwok
Definition
To forfeit sovereignty and bring humiliation to one's country.
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How it's used
Carries a heavy, formal tone typically reserved for historical discussions or intense political criticism. It functions as a set phrase describing situations where a nation is forced into submission, often implying a sense of deep shame or betrayal by leadership. While it is a four-character idiom, it is frequently integrated into spoken sentences using 嘅 to modify nouns or 係 to describe situations.
Examples
This treaty is simply a national humiliation.
Why did the government sign such humiliating things?
Common phrases
sign a humiliating treaty
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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.
