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With my own eyes, I saw a lion come charging out of the zoo! Lit. I that time own-eyes see-arrive [counter] lion at zoo that-place zoom-already out come
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 出嚟 implies that you're standing outside of the zoo, because the lion's coming towards you 咗 implies the lion's already outside the zoo gate (completed) Level: 3 |
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ngo5 - I; me; my 嗰陣時 go2 zan6 si4/4*2 - 粵 at that time 親眼 can1 ngaan5 - with one's own eyes 見到 gin3 dou3*2 - see; have seen; have met 隻 zek3 - classifier for animals & containers 獅子 si1 zi2 - lion; (placename) See Tze 喺 hai2 - be in; be on; be at 動物園 dung6 mat6 jyun4 - zoo 嗰度 go2 dou6 - 粵 there 衝 cung1 - charge; soar; clash 咗 zo2 - already 出嚟 ceot1 lei4/lai4 - 粵 to come out; to emerge |
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| This sentence was added by Eldon and last edited on 16th Sep 2011 07:22 | |
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