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四月忽然真係五月」!
It suddenly snowed during the end of April. It really goes with the saying "Until one has eaten Dragon Boat Festival's dumplings, do not keep one's warm clothings".

五月 is a Cantonese saying. There are variations used by Mandarin and other dialects.
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

  Level: 4
四月尾忽然間落場大雪,真係「未食五月粽,寒衣唔入籠」!

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四月  sei3 jyut6  si4 yue4  -  April
 mei5 mei5*1  wei3 yi3  - tail; rear; final; remaining
忽然  fat1 jin4  hu1 ran2  -  suddenly, all of a sudden
 gaan1 gaan3  jian1 jian4  - interval of time
 lok6 laai6  luo4 le4 luo1 {lao4} {la4}  - to fall
 coeng4  chang3 chang2  - [1] an open space; field
 daai6  da4 dai4  - big
 syut3  xue3 {xue4 xue3}  - snow
真係  zan1 hai6    -  really
 mei6  wei4  - not yet, not
 sik6 zi6 ji6  shi2 yi4 {si4}  - eat
五月  ng5 jyut6  wu3 yue4  -  May
 zung3  zong4  - glutinous rice dumpling
 hon4  han2  - cold; wintry; chilly
 ji1 ji3  yi1  - clothing
 m4 ng4  wu2 n2 ng2  - not
 jap6  ru4  - enter
 lung4 lung5  long2 long3  - cage; bamboo steamer; envelop; large box
This sentence was added by bernard and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:06
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