老婆跋落溪——淒涼

idiom: bleak; miserable (xiehouyu: 'wife falls into the creek — pathetic')
淒涼

1 candidate reading from Wiktionary — genuine Chaozhou colloquial form not yet confirmed by a speaker. This reading is the punchline half (淒涼) of the full xiehouyu; the dossier also lists a Peng'im reading for the full setup phrase (老婆跋落溪) but no additional candidate for that half was given here.

Usage: idiomatic