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I'm sorry, I was late because of the rain. This sentence is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, it cannot be used in Cantonese. 國 Level: 2 |
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對不起
deoi3 bat1 hei2 - 國 sorry; excuse me 由於 jau4 jyu1 - because of; due to 下雨 haa6 jyu5 - 國 to rain; raining 所以 so2 ji5 - so; therefore; hence; thus 我 ngo5 - I; me; my 遲到 ci4 dou3 - to arrive late 了 liu5 - completed; change; finish |
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| This sentence was added by aaron and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:06 | |
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