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| 出咗半斤力，想話攞返足八両。 | |
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After giving half a catty of effort, all I'm asking for is to get back eight taels. (From the song 《半斤八両》 by 許冠傑 (Sam Hui). Note: 1 catty (斤) equals 16 taels (両).) This sentence can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 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 咗 zo2 - particle marking perfective aspect 半 bun3 - half 斤 gan1 - catty; axe; radical #69 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 3rd Apr 2008 | |
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