手指拗出唔拗入

Chinese
finger; flash drive; thumb drive
 
stubborn; contrary; bend
stubborn; contrary; bend; break in two
 
to go out; to come out; to occur
to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)
 hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not
 
stubborn; contrary; bend
stubborn; contrary; bend; break in two
 to enter
trad. (手指拗出唔拗入) 手指 拗 出 唔 拗 入
simp. #(手指拗出唔拗入) 手指 拗 出 唔 拗 入
Literally: “fingers bend out and don't bend in”.

Pronunciation

Idiom

手指拗出唔拗入

  1. (Cantonese) to take the side of outsiders rather than one's own

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 胳膊肘朝外拐 (“to side with outsiders rather than one's own”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 胳膊肘朝外拐, 胳膊肘往外拐, 胳膊肘向外拐
Mandarin Beijing 胳膊肘兒往外拐
Yantai (Muping) 胳膊肘兒往外拐
Cantonese Guangzhou 手指拗出, 手指拗出唔拗入
Hong Kong 手指拗出唔拗入
Jin Xinzhou 胳膊往外曲
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