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仔女慢慢講道理開硬弓唔得
  gaau3 zai2 neoi2 ziu3 maan6 maan2 gong2 dou6 lei5, hoi1 ngaang6 gung1 m4 dak1 gaa3   jyutping
To teach children, one must explain the rationale; going by force won't work.

This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

  Level: 3
教仔女要慢慢講道理,開硬弓唔得㗎。

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 gaau3 gaau1  jiao4 jiao1  - teach; religion
仔女  zai2 neoi5*2    -  sons and daughters; children
 jiu3 jiu1  yao4 yao1  - want; must; shall; important; demand; if
慢慢  maan6 maan6*2; maan6*2 maan6  man4 man4  -  [慢6慢6*2] take your time; slowly, leisurely, gradually; [慢6*2慢6] very slow
講道理  gong2 dou6 lei5  jiang3 dao4 li3  -  to reason with
開硬弓  hoi1 ngaang6 gung1    -  by force; bulldoze (your way through);
唔得  m4 dak1    -  cannot
 gaa2 gaa3 gaa4    - final particle for making a strong assertion
This sentence was added by bernard and last edited on 5th Dec 2015 01:27
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