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示威者向警察掟石﹐而警察用橡膠子彈回敬。
si6 wai1 ze2 hoeng3 ging2 caat3 deng3 sek6, ji4 ging2 caat3 jung6 zoeng6 gaau1 zi2 daan6*2 wui4 ging3
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Protesters threw stones at the police, who responded with rubber bullets. Cantonese version has the two prepositional phrases placed before the two verbs; English version has the same placed after.
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 Level: 3 |
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| 示威者向警察掟石﹐而警察用橡膠子彈回敬。 | |
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示威者
si6 wai1 ze2 - demonstrator, protester 向 hoeng3 - to face; direction; towards; all along 警察 ging2 caat3 - the police 掟 deng3 - throw 石 sek6 daam3 - stone; rock; stone inscription 而 ji4 - and, also; but; otherwise 用 jung6 - use, operate 橡膠子彈 zoeng6 gaau1 zi2 daan6*2 - rubber bullets 回 wui4 - turn around; return; answer 敬 ging3 - respect; honour; esteem |
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| This sentence was added by C Chiu and last edited on 21st May 2013 12:04 | |
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