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This venture... is loss-making. Lit. this [counter] business is loss-making business [explanatory particle]
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 Level: 3 |
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ni1 ne1 nei1 nei4 - final particle; [粵] this 盤 pun4 pun4*2 - course; dish; tray; game 生意 saang1 ji3 - business 係 hai6 - yes, it is; indeed; right; positive; to be 蝕本 sit6 bun2 - disinvestment; lose one's capital 嚟㗎 lai4 gaa3 - 粵 final modal particle to strengthen an assertion or question |
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| This sentence was added by Eldon and last edited on 4th Sep 2011 12:05 | |
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