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臨天光瀨尿 (lam4 tin1 gwong1 laai6 niu6) — to fail when success is within grasp (lit., "to wet the bed just before sunrise") in Cantonese

lamˎ₄臨tinˉ¹天gwongˉ¹光laaiˍ₆瀨niuˍ₆尿
简 临天光濑尿
Mandarin Pinyin: lin2 tian1 guang1 lai4 niao4

Meaning of 臨天光瀨尿

nounto fail when success is within grasp (lit., "to wet the bed just before sunrise")
nounwetting the bed close to sunrise; cannot persist till the end (slang)

Characters in 臨天光瀨尿

臨lam4
face; be near; be on the point of
天tin1
/tin1/
光gwong1
bare; [v] bare; naked
瀨laai6
sprinkle | [variant]
尿niu6
urine; [v] urinate

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