喻指失约to stand somebody up; to release a dove

• 计程车驾驶员强暴妇女、宰客人、放鸽子都不算新闻，至于对乘客恶言相向，不找零钱的，比比皆是。

  It is no news that taxi drivers assault women, cheat passengers and stand people up; cases of verbal abuse and taxi drivers that refuse to give change can be found everywhere.

• 纪香这次演的角色是快30岁了却被新郎放鸽子的悲惨女性，自然被记者们追问她的结婚观。

  Ji Xiang plays the role of a woman in her late twenties who is jilted by her fiancé and she has naturally been asked by reporters about her own views on marriage.