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真係令人懷念一個世紀之後返嚟
We've really missed you while you've been gone the last 100 years.

Lit. really make-people very miss-you, one century afterwards again return come [particle]

This is being said to someone who's lived several hundred years (specifically Greed from Full Metal Alchemist).
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

  Level: 3
真係令人好懷念,一個世紀之後你又返嚟啦

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真係  zan1 hai6  zhen1 xi4  -  really
令人  ling6 jan4  ling4 ren2  -  to make someone + verb (to be, to feel, etc.)
 hou2 hou3  hao3 hao4  - good; very; friendly; healthy; ready
懷念  waai4 nim6  huai2 nian4  -  to cherish the memory of
一個  jat1 go3  yi1 ge4  -  a, an, the, one, etc.
世紀  sai3 gei2  shi4 ji4  -  century
之後  zi1 hau6  zhi1 hou4  -  afterwards; after; behind
 nei5  ni3  - you
 jau6  you4  - and; also; again; furthermore
返嚟  faan1 lai4 ; faan1 lei4    -  to return
 laa1 laa3 laa4  la5  - [final particle] now
This sentence was added by Eldon and last edited on 9th Sep 2011 05:46
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