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| 佢走咗好多冤枉路, 先至搵到呢份工。 | |
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He has taken many a roundabout way before finding this job. 
This sentence can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵 Level: 3 |
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| 佢走咗好多冤枉路, 先至搵到呢份工。 | |
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keoi5 - he; she; it 走 zau2 - walk 咗 zo2 - particle marking perfective aspect 好多 hou2 do1 - 粵 a lot; much; many 冤枉路 jyun1 wong2 lou6 - a roundabout way 先至 sin1 zi3 - 粵 only then 搵 wan3 wan2 man5 - [粵] to look for; to search 到 dou3 - reach, arrive; go to, been to 呢 ni1 ne1 nei1 nei4 - final particle; [粵] this 份 fan6 ban1 - portion; part 工 gung1 - labour; work |
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| This sentence was added by C Chiu and last edited on 26th Nov 2007 | |
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