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Ugh, what actually happened [just now]? This is a common phrase in some TV shows.
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 可惡 is an interjection meaning "ugh". 究竟係咩事呀 is a shorter form of 究竟係發生咩事呀, so literally we have "ugh, actually is happen what?" Level: 1 |
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可惡
ho2 wu3 - obnoxious; repulsive; abhorrent; hateful; abominable 究竟 gau3 ging2 - [1] actually [2] after all; in the end 係咩 hai6 me1 - 粵 really? is that true? 事 si6 - matter; affair; job; work; accident 呀 aa3 aa4 aa5 aa1 - final particle for softening abruptness |
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