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He lifts up a bucket of water with just one hand.

This sentence can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing.

  Level: 3
一隻手就掅起桶水

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 jat1  yi1 yi4 yi2  - number one
 zek3  zhi1  - measure word for animals & body parts
 sau2  shou3  - hand
 zau6  jiu4  - receive; undergo; exactly; precisely
 cing3    - carry; lift up
 hei2  qi3  - to start; rise; get up
 tung2  yong3 dong4 tong3  - [n] pail; bucket; tub; cask; keg; barrel
 seoi2  shui3  - water; liquid, juice
This sentence was added by C Chiu and last edited on 8th Jun 2007
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