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結賬嗰陣時租金保險燈油火臘賺得幾多
When working out the accounts, considering the rental, insurance, utility bills, and other deductibles, there won't be much profit to be made.

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

  Level: 3
結賬嗰陣時,計埋啲租金保險燈油火臘,七除八扣,唔賺得幾多咋

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結賬  git3 zoeng3    -  call for the bill (US/AU: check) at restaurants
嗰陣時  go2 zan6 si4    -  at that time
 gai3  ji4 jie2  - plan; scheme
 maai4  mai2 man2  - bury; conceal; move closer
 di1 dit1  di4  - a few, a bit
租金  zou1 gam1  zu1 jin1  -  the rent (ie. the rental charge)
保險  bou2 him2  bao3 xian3  -  insurance
燈油火臘  dang1 jau4 fo2 laap6    -  expenditure for water, gas, electricity bills
 cat1  qi1  - seven
 ceoi4 cyu4  chu2 shu1 yu2 zhu4  - divide; eliminate; remove
 baat3  ba1  - eight
 kau3  kou4  - to fasten; to detain; to deduct
 m4 ng4  wu2 n2 ng2  - not
賺得  zaan6 dak1  zhuan4 de2  -  earn
幾多  gei2 do1    -  how many? how much?
 zaa3 zaak3 zaa1 zaak6 zaa6  zuo4 zha1 za3 zha4 {ze2} | ze2  - all of a sudden; suddenly
This sentence was added by bernard and last edited on 2nd Apr 2008
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