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最近吸煙危害健康吖嘛!
  ngo5 zeoi3 gan6 gaai3 zo2 jin1, kap1 jin1 ngai4 hoi6 gin6 hong1 aa1 maa5   jyutping
I've recently quit smoking, 'cause smoking is hazardous to health, right !

吖嘛 is used here to reason out a statement that seems evidently true.
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

  Level: 4
我最近戒咗煙,吸煙危害健康吖嘛!

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 ngo5  wo3  - I; me; my
最近  zeoi3 gan6  zui4 jin4  -  recently
 gaai3  jie4  - guard against; abstain from; commandment
 zo2  zhu3 zuo5  - already
 jin1  yan1  - smoke; cigarette
吸煙  kap1 jin1  xi1 yan1  -  to smoke a cigarette
危害  ngai4 hoi6  wei1 hai4  -  to jeopardise; to harm; to endanger
健康  gin6 hong1  jian4 kang1  -  health, healthy, in good health
吖嘛  aa1 maa5    -  isn't it; okay
This sentence was added by C Chiu and last edited on 26th Mar 2013 13:40
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