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講起嚟一疋布咁長
  gong2 hei2 lai4 jat1 pat1 bou3 gam3 coeng4   jyutping
it is a long story to tell; it is like telling a long story

[literal] a tale as long as a roll of cloth


Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
講起嚟一疋布咁長

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Characters in this word:

 gong2  -  say; speak
 hei2  -  rise; stand up; begin; build; remove; draft
 lai4 lei4  -  come
 jat1  -  one; a; same; whole; each; once; a little
 pat1  -  a bolt/roll (of cloth)
 bou3  -  cloth; textiles
 gam3  -  so; -ly
 coeng4 zoeng2  -  long; length; forte; grow; older; chief
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