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滾水焫嚫
  keoi5 zek3 sau2 bei2 gwan2 seoi2 naat3 can1   jyutping
The hot water scalded his hand.

Lit. his [counter] hand by boiling-water scald-[bad effect]
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

  Level: 3
佢隻手俾滾水焫嚫

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 keoi5  qu2  - he; him; his; she; her; hers; it
 zek3  zhi1  - classifier for animals & containers
 sau2  shou3  - hand
 bei2  bi3  - enable; cause; so that; by
滾水  gwan2 seoi2    -  boiling water; boiled water
焫嚫  naat3 can1  ruo4 qin1  -  get burned; to get scalded
This sentence was added by Eldon and last edited on 17th Nov 2014 08:15
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