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我近排好忙﹐冇時間照顧仔女。
ngo5 gan6 paai4*2 hou2 mong4, mou5 si4 gaan3 ziu3 gu3 zai2 neoi2
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I'm too busy these days to have time to take care of my children. The English phrase "too busy to have time" becomes "too busy and have no time" in Cantonese.
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 Level: 2 |
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ngo5 - I; me; my 近排 gan6 paai4*2 - 粵 recently 好 hou2 hou3 - good; very; friendly; healthy; ready 忙 mong4 - busy; fully occupied; make haste 冇 mou5 - don't have 時間 si4 gaan3; si4 gaan1 - time 照顧 ziu3 gu3 - to look after; to care for; to consider 仔女 zai2 neoi5*2 - 粵 sons and daughters; children |
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| This sentence was added by C Chiu and last edited on 18th Oct 2014 11:29 | |
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