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隨口講著衫獨沽一味點知借啲意隔日
I was merely commenting she's always wearing the same clothes; little did I know that she would use it as an opportunity to buy herself a whole cupboard of new clothes the next day. link to audio file

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This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

  Level: 3
隨口講佢著衫獨沽一味,點知佢借啲意隔日就買反一櫃嘅新衫

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隨口講  ceoi4 hau2 gong2    -  say off the top of my head
 keoi5  qu2  - he; him; his; she; her; hers; it
著衫  zoek3 saam1    -  to dress; to wear clothes
獨沽一味  duk6 gu1 jat1 mei6*2    -  concentrating on the one and the same thing
點知  dim2 zi1    -  "for all I know...", "God knows..."
借啲意  ze3 di1 ji3*2    -  take the opportunity
隔日  gaak3 jat6  ge2 ri4  -  every other day
 zau6  jiu4  - right away; only; approach; comply with
 maai5  mai3  - buy; purchase
 faan2  fan3  - opposite; turn over; combat; counter
 jat1  yi1 yi4 yi2  - one; a; same; whole; each; once; a little
 gwai6  gui4  - cupboard; wardrobe
 ge3 ge2    - adjective suffix; possessive/final particle
 san1  xin1  - new; novel; fresh; beginning
 saam1  shan1  - shirt; gown; garment
This sentence was added by bernard and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:06
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