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仔女慢慢解釋道理開硬弓唔得
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
教仔女要慢慢解釋道理,開硬弓唔得咖

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 gaau3 gaau1  jiao4 {jiao1}  - teach, instruct; academic
仔女  zai2 neoi5*2    -  sons and daughters; children
 jiu3 jiu1  yao4 yao1  - want
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
解釋  gaai2 sik1  jie3 shi4  -  explain
道理  dou6 lei5  dao4 li3  -  reason; principle; argument; logic; sense; idea; basis; justification
開硬弓  hoi1 ngaang6 gung1    -  by force; bulldoze (your way through);
唔得  m4 dak1    -  cannot
 gaa3  ka1 ga1  - used in transliteration
This sentence was added by bernard and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:06
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