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快啲電話牽腸掛肚
Give her a call. Don't make her worry.

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

  Level: 3
快啲畀電話人啦,費時佢牽腸掛肚噃

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快啲  faai3 di1  kuai4 di4  -  faster
 bei2  bi4  - give to; confer; bestow
電話  din6 waa6*2  dian4 hua4  -  telephone; phone call; phone number
 jan4  ren2  - person
 laa1 laa3  la5 {la1}  - final particle, polite
 fai3 bei3  fei4 {bi4}  - fees; dues; charges
 si4  shi2  - time
 keoi5  qu2  - he; she; it
牽腸掛肚  hin1 coeng4 gwaa3 tou5  qian1 chang2 gua4 du4  -  worried and anxious
 bo3    - final particle for purpose of reminding
This sentence was added by bernard and last edited on 23rd Mar 2008
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