斷尾

斷尾

1. to break off one's tail

   • 大部分人對隱密的蜥蜴共同的印象就是容易斷尾 [MSC, trad.]
     大部分人对隐密的蜥蜴共同的印象就是容易断尾 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2017 February 9, 莊雅婷, 斷尾後存活率下降30%！　台師大教授揭蜥蜴之謎, ETtoday 東森新聞雲

     Dàbùfèn rén duì yǐnmì de xīyì gòngtóng de yìnxiàng jiùshì róngyì duànwěi [Pinyin]

     Most people's common impression on the secretive lizard is that it can easily break off its tail.

2. (Cantonese) to be cured completely

   • 陳指，現可透過組合性療法，利用藥物控制膀胱、腦部中樞神經及小便排洩量三方面，服藥半年後「斷尾機會好高」。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     陈指，现可透过组合性疗法，利用药物控制膀胱、脑部中枢神经及小便排泄量三方面，服药半年后“断尾机会好高”。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2013 December 26, 醫知健：藥物治尿床斷尾機會高, 太陽報 (The Sun)

     can⁴ zi², jin⁶ ho² tau³ gwo³ zou² hap⁶ sing³ liu⁴ faat³, lei⁶ jung⁶ joek⁶ mat⁶ hung³ zai³ bong² gwong¹, nou⁵ bou⁶ zung¹ syu¹ san⁴ ging¹ gap⁶ siu² bin⁶ paai⁴ jai⁶ loeng⁴ saam¹ fong¹ min⁶, fuk⁶ joek⁶ bun³ nin⁴ hau⁶ “tyun⁵ mei⁵ gei¹ wui⁵ hou² gou¹”. [Jyutping]

     Chan indicates that through combination therapy, it is possible to use medication to control three aspects: the bladder, the brain and central nervous system, and the excretion of urine. After half a year of medication, “the chance of curing it completely is very high”.

• (to be cured completely): 斷根／断根 (duàngēn)