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人質囚禁咗二十日後獲釋。
jan4 zi3 cau4 gam3 zo2 ji6 sap6 jat6 hau6 wok6 sik1
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The hostages have been set free after 20 days in captivity. Aspect marker 咗 is used to indicate passive voice.
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 Level: 3 |
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人質
jan4 zi3 - hostage; hostages 囚禁 cau4 gam3 - captivity; imprison 咗 zo2 - already 二十日 ji6 sap6 jat6 - 20th day of the month 後 hau6 - behind; come after 獲釋 wok6 sik1 - obtain release (from prison) |
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| This sentence was added by C Chiu and last edited on 4th May 2013 12:09 | |
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