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煲燶飯
  nei5 gaa1 taai3 siu2 seoi2 zau6 wui6*2 bou1 nung1 faan6 gaa3   jyutping
If you add too little water, you will burn the rice.

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

  Level: 3
你加太少水就會煲燶飯咖。

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 nei5  ni3  - you
 gaa1  jia1  - plus, add to, increase, append
 taai3  tai4  - too, extremely
 siu2/3  shao3/4  - few, less
 seoi2  shui3  - water; liquid, juice
 zau6  jiu4  - receive; undergo; exactly; precisely
 wui6*2 wui5 wui6 kui2  hui4 gua1  - meet; will, shall
煲燶飯  bou1 nung1 faan6    -  to overcook rice
 gaa3  ka1 ga1  - used in transliteration
This sentence was added by claw and last edited on 7th Mar 2008
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