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囚犯企圖逃跑, 但是失敗
The prisoners attempted to escape but failed.

This sentence is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, it cannot be used in Cantonese.

  Level: 3
囚犯們企圖逃跑, 但是失敗了。

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囚犯  cau4 faan6*2  qiu2 fan4  -  [1] a prisoner; [2] a convict
 mun4  men5 men2  - indicates plurality
企圖  kei5 tou4  qi3 tu2  -  to attempt; to try; to seek
逃跑  tou4 paau2  tao2 pao3  -  run away; flee; escape; to "hit and run"
但是  daan6 si6  dan4 shi4  -  still; but; yet; however
失敗  sat1 baai6  shi1 bai4  -  to fail; to lose; failure; loss
 liu5  le5 liao3  - completed; change; finish
This sentence was added by tym and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:06
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