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借啲意

ze3 di1 ji3*2

take the opportunity

This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 3

借啲意

借 ze3 jie4 - borrow; lend
啲 di1 dit1 di4 - a few, a bit
意 ji3 yi4 yi1 - thought; sentiments

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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粵 edit
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.

This word was added by bernard on 10th May 2008

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