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生嚿叉燒好過生你
saang1 gau6 caa1 siu1 hou2 gwo3 saang1 nei5
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I wish I never gave birth to you; it would be better to have given birth to a cha siu than to give birth to you |
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This word was added by Michael 忠仔 on 20th Feb 2010 04:05 |
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Characters in this word:生 saang1 sang1 - life; birth嚿 gau6 - [粵] [classifier] a (thick) piece of 叉 caa1 - fork; pierce 燒 siu1 siu3 - burn; roast 好 hou2 hou3 - good, fine; very much 過 gwo3 - pass through; across 生 saang1 sang1 - life; birth 你 nei5 - you |
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