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呢件事睇起嚟好困難﹐但係做落去好容易。
ne1 gin6 si6 tai2 hei2 lai4 hou2 kwan3 naan4, daan6 hai5 zou6 lok6 heoi3 hou2 jung4 ji6
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This task seems quite difficult, but doing it is really easy. Aspect markers 起嚟 and 落去 function rather like antonyms, originally meaning "starting to" and "carrying on" respectively.
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 Level: 3 |
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ni1 ne1 nei1 nei4 - final particle; [粵] this 件 gin6 gin6*2 - item; piece; letter 事 si6 - matter; affair; job; work; accident 睇起 tai2 hei2 - 粵 to have a high opinion of someone 嚟 lai4 lei4 - come 好 hou2 hou3 - good; very; friendly; healthy; ready 困難 kwan3 naan4 - difficult; hard 但係 daan6 hai6 - 粵 but; however 做 zou6 - do, make 落去 lok6 heoi3 - 粵 go down; down; carrying on 好容易 hou2 jung4 ji6 - with great difficulty (lit., "very easy") |
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| This sentence was added by C Chiu and last edited on 25th Sep 2016 10:34 | |
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