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做嘢做到天光
He works so slowly, he won't be even finished by [next] morning.

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

  Level: 3
佢做嘢咁慢,做到天光都做唔完啦!

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 keoi5  qu2  - he; she; it
做嘢  zou6 je5  zuo4 ye3  -  to work; to do things
 gam3  gan1 xian2  - so
 maan6  man4 man2 mian4  - slow
做到  zou6 dou3/3*2    -  [1] accomplish; achieve; live up to; [2] to do to an extent of ...
天光  tin1 gwong1    -  daylight; time of the day
 dou1  dou1 du1 zhu1  - all, together; city, metropolis
 zou6  zuo4  - do, make
 m4 ng4  wu2 n2 ng2  - not
 jyun4  wan2  - complete; finish; use up; run out
 laa1 laa3  la5 {la1}  - final particle, polite
This sentence was added by bernard and last edited on 29th Mar 2008
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