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模稜兩可
He does not answer when asked; whenever he responds, they are vague.

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

  Level: 3
問佢嘢佢又唔答,答嚫哩就模稜兩可

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 man6  wen4  - ask
 keoi5  qu2  - he; she; it
 je5  ye3  - [粵] thing; articles
 jau6  you4  - and; also; again; furthermore
 m4 ng4  wu2 n2 ng2  - not
 daap3  da2 da1  - answer; reply; reciprocate
 can1    - [1] misfortunate [2] whenever
 lei5 le1 li1  li1 li5  - mile; speak indistinctly
 zau6  jiu4  - receive; undergo; exactly; precisely
模稜兩可  mou4 ling4 loeng5 ho2  mo2 leng2 liang3*2 ke3  -  ambiguous (in terms of reply, views, opinion etc)
This sentence was added by bernard and last edited on 21st Apr 2008
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