嚇大

Chinese

		to frighten; to scare; to intimidate to frighten; to scare; to intimidate; to threaten	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
trad. (嚇大)		嚇	大
simp. (吓大)		吓	大

"to not be intimidated": 嚇大／吓大 (haak3 daai6) literally means "to grow up being intimidated", so by extension the compound means "to not be intimidated".

嚇大

(Cantonese) used to express one is not intimidated
香港人係嚇大嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
香港人系吓大嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]
hoeng¹ gong² jan⁴ hai⁶ haak³ daai⁶ ge³. [Jyutping]
Hong Kong people are not intimidated.

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