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| 教仔女要慢慢解釋道理，開硬弓唔得咖 | |
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To teach children, one must explain the rationale; going by force won't work. This sentence can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵 Level: 3 |
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| 教仔女要慢慢解釋道理，開硬弓唔得咖 | |
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gaau3 gaau1 - teach, instruct; academic 仔女 zai2 neoi5*2 - 粵 sons and daughters; children 要 jiu3 jiu1 - want 慢慢 maan6 maan6*2; maan6*2 maan6 - [慢6慢6*2] take your time; slowly, leisurely, gradually; [慢6*2慢6] very slow 解釋 gaai2 sik1 - explain 道理 dou6 lei5 - reason; principle; argument; logic; sense; idea; basis; justification 開硬弓 hoi1 ngaang6 gung1 - 粵 by force; bulldoze (your way through); 唔得 m4 dak1 - 粵 cannot 咖 gaa3 - used in transliteration |
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| This sentence was added by bernard and last edited on 8th Mar 2008 | |
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