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巴士半路拋錨
  baa1 si6*2 zoi6 bun3 lou6 soeng6 paau1 naau4   jyutping
The bus broke down on the way.

半路 should not be translated literally as halfway, just "along the way"
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This sentence is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, it cannot be used in Cantonese.

  Level: 2
巴士在半路上拋錨

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巴士  baa1 si6*2    -  bus
 zoi6  zai4 zai3  - at; in; on
半路  bun3 lou6  ban4 lu4  -  halfway
 soeng6 soeng5  shang4  - upper; superior; preceding; up; on
拋錨  paau1 naau4    -  anchored, cast anchor; (of cars) get stuck midway
This sentence was added by sheik and last edited on 22nd Oct 2009 17:42
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