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前日佢哋一齊食咗
  cin4 jat6 keoi5 dei6 jat1 cai4 sik6 zo2 loeng5 caan1 faan6   jyutping
They took their meal twice together the day before yesterday.

Here, is not a classifier that modifies the noun . It is a verb measure that quantifies the verb .
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

  Level: 2
前日佢哋一齊食咗兩餐飯。

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前日  cin4 jat6  qian2 ri4  -  day before yesterday
佢哋  keoi5 dei6  qu3 di4  -  they; them
一齊  jat1 cai4  yi1 qi2  -  all together; [國]一起
食咗  sik6 zo2    -  have eaten
 loeng5 loeng2  liang3  - two; pair
 caan1  can1  - meal; dine
 faan6  fan4  - cooked rice
This sentence was added by C Chiu and last edited on 28th May 2013 04:16
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