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小說不怎麼樣
  ze5 bun2 siu2 syut3 bat1 zam2 mo1 joeng6   jyutping
This novel isn't up to much.

怎麼樣 can be used in the negative to mean "(not) well enough" or "(not) up to much".
This sentence is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, it cannot be used in Cantonese.

  Level: 3
這本小說不怎麼樣。

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 ze3 ze5  zhe4 zhei4  - this; now; then
 bun2  ben3  - basis; original; copy
小說  siu2 syut3  xiao3 shuo1  -  novel
不怎麼樣  bat1 zam2 mo1 joeng6*2  bu4 zen3 me5 yang4  -  nothing much
This sentence was added by C Chiu and last edited on 11th Feb 2015 03:47
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