Simon Pettersson wrote:
Suggestion 3: Maybe we can add the phrase, too, as an example sentence:
佢都嚟呀? 我又當黑啦
She's coming, too? Once again I'm out of luck
當黑 is usually used when one enters a certain period of bad luck with one bad luck succeeding another. But the above sentence fails to convey a sense of successive setbacks.
I’ve just added into CantoDict an example sentence that can convey a sense of successive setbacks:
陳仔近排當黑﹐冇咗份工兼且輸埋官司。
Chan was lately down on his luck, losing both his job and the court case.
Suggestion 3: Maybe we can add the phrase, too, as an example sentence:
佢都嚟呀? 我又當黑啦
She's coming, too? Once again I'm out of luck
當黑 is usually used when one enters a certain period of bad luck with one bad luck succeeding another. But the above sentence fails to convey a sense of successive setbacks.
I’ve just added into CantoDict an example sentence that can convey a sense of successive setbacks:
陳仔近排當黑﹐冇咗份工兼且輸埋官司。
Chan was lately down on his luck, losing both his job and the court case.