一疋布咁長 (jat1 pat1 bou3 gam3 coeng4 | yi1 pi3 bu4 gan1 chang2) : it's a long story

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一疋布咁長

jat1 pat1 bou3 gam3 coeng4

yi1 pi3 bu4 gan1 chang2

"a bolt of cloth is so long" | Say you met a freind who you haven't seen for years, and you asked him how he has been. He would say this, meaning his story is very long, as a bolt of cloth.

Level: 4 Google Frequency: 35

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

一疋布咁長

This word has been viewed 2539 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by rathpy on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

一 jat1 - one; a; same; whole; each; once; a little
疋 pat1 - a bolt/roll (of cloth)
布 bou3 - cloth; textiles
咁 gam3 - so; -ly
長 coeng4 zoeng2 - long; length; forte; grow; older; chief

1 compounds containing this word:

講起嚟一疋布咁長 - it is a long story to tell

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件事講起嚟真係一疋布咁長。粵
It's a long incident/story to talk about.
[the story is so long to talk about as if it's as long as a full roll of fabric.]

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