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佢郁啲撞火﹐撞親火就面都紅晒。
keoi5 juk1 di1 zong6 fo2, zong6 can1 fo2 zau6 min6 dou1 hung4 saai3.
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His face flares red whenever he gets cross, which happens quite often. Cantonese language often prefers 'simple' repetition (撞火) to 'unnatural' conjunction (such as 每當) for the sense of "whenever".
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 Level: 2 |
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keoi5 - he; him; his; she; her; hers; it 郁啲 juk1 di1 - 粵 at every turn; easily 撞火 zong6 fo2 - 粵 be furious; be angry 撞 zong6 - bump against 親 can1 can3 - parent; relative; intimate; personally 火 fo2 - fire 就 zau6 - right away; only; approach; comply with 面 min6 - face; surface; top; side; aspect; extent 都 dou1 - all; both; even; already; also; capital 紅 hung4 gung1 - red; successful; revolutionary; bonus 晒 saai3 - [粵] entirely; very much; show off |
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