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荔枝
  jat1 nap1 lai6 zi1 saam1 baa2 fo2   jyutping
A lychee carries 'three fire'.

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This references the Chinese concept of 'internal body heat' - '熱氣'. Lychees are said to be a very '熱氣' kind of fruit and this may be said with the term 'three fire'.
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

  Level: 2
一粒荔枝三把火。

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 jat1  yi1 yi4 yi2  - one; a; same; whole; each; once; a little
 nap1 lap1  li4  - classifier for grainlike things
荔枝  lai6 zi1  li4 zhi1  -  lychee
 saam1 saam3  san1  - three; several
 baa2  ba3  - grasp; handle; bundle
 fo2  huo3  - fire
This sentence was added by yckillua and last edited on 22nd Sep 2009 23:41
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