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出咗半斤力,想話攞返足八両。 | |
After giving half a catty of effort, all I'm asking for is to get back eight taels. This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 Level: 3 |
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出咗半斤力,想話攞返足八両。 | |
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ceot1 - go out; show up; exceed; put up; produce 咗 zo2 - already 半 bun3 - half 斤 gan1 - catty 力 lik6 - strength; force; power 想話 soeng2 waa6 - 粵 [1] to want to say; [2] (rhetorically) all that is being asked for is... 攞返 lo2 faan1 - 粵 to take back 足 zuk1 - [1] foot [2] enough [3] fully 八 baat3 - eight 両 loeng2 - a unit of weight |
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This sentence was added by claw and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:06 |