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起嚟真係一疋布咁長
  gin6 si6 gong2 hei2 lei4 zan1 hai6 jat1 pat1 bou3 gam3 coeng4   jyutping
It's a long incident/story to talk about.

the story is so long to talk about as if it's as long as a full roll of fabric.
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

  Level: 3
件事講起嚟真係一疋布咁長。

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 gin6 gin6*2  jian4  - item; piece; letter
 si6  shi4  - matter; affair; job; work; accident
 gong2  jiang3  - say; speak
起嚟  hei2 lai4  qi3 li2  -  upward; beginning to
真係  zan1 hai6  zhen1 xi4  -  really
一疋布咁長  jat1 pat1 bou3 gam3 coeng4  yi1 pi3 bu4 gan1 chang2  -  it's a long story
This sentence was added by kath and last edited on 18th Nov 2009 07:37
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