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幾年
  zaam2 haa5 ngaan5 jau6 gei2 nin4   jyutping
Several years flew by in the blink of an eye.

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

  Level: 3
斬下眼又幾年

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 zaam2  zhan4 zhan3  - chop, cut; blink one's eyes
 haa6 haa5  xia4  - down; under
 ngaan5  yan3 en3  - eye; look
 jau6  you4  - and; also; again; furthermore
幾年  gei2 nin4  ji3 nian2  -  several years
This sentence was added by C Chiu and last edited on 19th Jun 2007
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