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唔好偷𥊙人哋沖涼，如果唔係會生眼挑針！
m4 hou2 tau1 zong1 jan4 dei6 cung1 loeng4, jyu4 gwo2 m4 hai6 wui5 sang1 ngaan5 tiu1 zam1!
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Don't spy on people when they are showering, otherwise you'll get a stye! There is an old wives' tale linking styes to spying on people when they are bathing.
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 Level: 3 |
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m4 hou2 - 粵 [1] no good [2] don't 偷𥊙 tau1 zong1 - 粵 secretly peep 人哋 jan4 dei6 - 粵 other people, everybody else; he, she, they; I, me 沖涼 cung1 loeng4 - to bathe; to shower; to take a bath or shower 如果 jyu4 gwo2 - if 唔係 m4 hai6 - 粵 not be; am not; otherwise 會 wui5 wui6 kui2 - will, would; get together; meet; city 生 saang1 sang1 - born; grow; life; alive; unripe 眼挑針 ngaan5 tiu1 zam1 - 粵 stye, sty |
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*** This entry has been marked as UNSURE by an editor, so it may not be fully accurate ***This sentence was added by wai ming and last edited on 3rd Apr 2010 20:27 |
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