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Let's have a rally to warm up. 
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This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 Lit. We come stroke ball first. 我哋嚟搓吓波先 is okay too, with the altered meaning of "let's rally for a while to warm up." Further discussion: [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk] Level: 3 |
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ngo5 dei6 - 粵 we 嚟 lai4 lei4 - come 搓波 caai1 bo1 - 粵 hitting a ball back and forth 先 sin1 - first; before; temporarily |
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| This sentence was added by bernard and last edited on 13th Sep 2011 17:25 | |
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