磨爛蓆

Chinese

		grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub	rotten; decayed; well-cooked rotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely	woven mat
trad. (磨爛蓆/磨爛席)		磨	爛	蓆/席
simp. (磨烂席)		磨	烂	席
Literally: “to rub a mat until it is torn”.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): mo⁴ laan⁶ zek⁶

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mo⁴ laan⁶ zek⁶
  - Yale: mòh laahn jehk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mo⁴ laan⁶ dzek⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mo⁴ lan⁶ zég⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː²¹ laːn²² t͡sɛːk̚²/

Verb

磨爛蓆

(Cantonese) to stay at one place for a long time and not willing to leave
- 2017 July 19, 于日辰, 倫敦金 3 之《有用無用你懂不懂》 [Lon Don Gold 3], Hong Kong: 點子出版 [Idea Publication], →ISBN, page 188:
  
  新翼冇電視冇Free Wifi亦冇廁所，食完就走食完就走冇藉口畀你坐喺度磨爛蓆。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  新翼冇电视冇Free Wifi亦冇厕所，食完就走食完就走冇借口畀你坐喺度磨烂席。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  san¹ jik⁶ mou⁵ din⁶ si⁶ mou⁵ Free Wifi jik⁶ mou⁵ ci³ so², sik⁶ jyun⁴ zau⁶ zau² sik⁶ jyun⁴ zau⁶ zau² mou⁵ zik⁶ hau² bei² nei⁵ co⁵ hai² dou⁶ mo⁴ laan⁶ zek⁶. [Jyutping]
  The new wing doesn't have a TV, free wife, or a toilet. You'd leave after eating. You'd leave after eating. There's no excuse for you to sit around and dawdle.