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哪懼明天風高路斜 | What could there be to fear from the adversity ahead?
Literally: what could (we) fear from tomorrow's high winds and crooked roads |
3 | XieChengnuo |
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嗰條友剩係得個講字﹐唔使理佢。 | 粵 That guy is just all talk and no action. Pay no attention to him. | 3 | C Chiu |
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你問我,我問邊個? | 粵 Why are you asking me? How am I supposed to know?
[literal] You ask me, I ask who? |
3 | C Chiu |
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我真係唔明白佢點解噉樣做呀。 | 粵 I really don't understand why he acts/behaves like this.
[www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk] |
2 | claw |
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喺店舖拎走貨品冇畀錢, 是為之店舖盜竊。 | 粵 Taking away merchandise from a store without making payment is defined as shoplifting. | 3 | C Chiu |
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咪用藤條拂細路。 | 粵 Don't hit kids with a cane.
Lit. don't use cane whip children. |
2 | Eldon |
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你係咪睇緊三級片？ | 粵 Are you watching porn?
Lit. You are-not watching erotic movie? |
3 | Emerald |
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呢嚿肉鬼咁韌嚙極都唔入 | 粵 This piece of meat is too tough. I just cannot bite on it. | 3 | bernard |
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呢件事睇起嚟好困難﹐但係做落去好容易。 | 粵 This task seems quite difficult, but doing it is really easy.
Aspect markers 起嚟 and 落去 function rather like antonyms, originally meaning "starting to" and "carrying on" respectively. |
3 | C Chiu |
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我使驚你,怕你有牙呀？ | 粵 I am not afraid of you. It's not like you have any real bite.
For first part, see [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk] For latter part, see [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk] |
3 | C Chiu |
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