Re: 明知不可而為之
The standard Chinese version is 知其不可而為之. It means “keep on doing sth even though one knows the efforts would be useless”.
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Quotedelonix87 hidoes this mean 'nothing to do/no real issue'?Thank youyes.'事幹' = ' matter; affair; business冇事幹= with no business冇事冇幹 is 冇事幹 in a [ reduplication structure ] In this case, the...
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HelloI was just wondering what 掃冧 refers to - my guess is to buy something very happily? Or make a mess? Below is the example.兩男藥房開戰掃冧奶粉Thank you!
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simple verb 掃 (sweep) + simple verb 冧 (topple) = resultative verb 掃冧 (pull down)
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HelloI'm having trouble with the following sentence:阿姐喝止我說未找錢What does 喝止 mean?Thank you
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Quotedelonix87 HelloI'm having trouble with the following sentence:阿姐喝止我說未找錢What does 喝止 mean?Thank you喝止 means 'shout (at someone) to stop'
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HiI am wondering if the word exists and what does it mean? Here is an example of how I think I heard it used. = 將落Thank you佢就會擺個責任將落你身上
View ArticleRe: 扭盡六壬
扭盡六壬 = pull all stops (try everything possible)It doesn't necessarily imply any negative connotation. 六壬 refers to the short stick patterns on the Chinese classics I Ching, and is a kind of Chinese...
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HelloDoes anyone know what this word means? Unfortunately I don't have any examples but it was used by someone describing an argument between 2 people.Thank you抽稱
View Article不致於
Hi(I wrote this in a thread but it seems to have disappeared).Just wondering if 不致於 means 咁樣 in spoken Cantonese? Here is an example below:為延續家族生意，令手藝不致於失傳，約十二年前，全哥毅然由車仔檔搬入舖內Thank you
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HiDoes this word convey "to be in danger" ? Or is it wrong and there is a better way to say it/use this word?i.e. 你唔還債俾人你就會身危 ??Thank you
View ArticleRe: Question about rainbow - 蝃蝀
Does anyone know how 蝃蝀 is pronounced in Teochew? That mogher site does not give an answer.Thank you.If you don't notice this message, I will make a new thread.
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