窮寇莫追
HiDoes anyone know when to use this phrase?My understanding is that it means to leave a way out for someone (i.e. if an army surrounded a enemy to leave a small exit for them)...I'm not sure if that...
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心淡 [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]心淡淡 is a reduplication structure [resources.allsetlearning.com]To learn more efficiently, don't just ask questions, you have to do some research yourself.Many of your...
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not press an enemy at bay; not to pursue broken rebels; do not pursue a desperate foe
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窮寇莫追 is an idiom originated from a military motto. It means "do not pursue a desperate foe"There are few possible explanations for this military motto1. If you caught up with an defeated army, out of...
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Every question I ask I have searched in the dictionary - when I can't find it, then I ask here. I try to ask only a few questions a day. The dictionary isn't that great - unless you have the exact...
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Thx for all the suggestions. 窮寇莫追 is added to CantoDict. [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]
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There is no way I can know that 心淡淡 can also be 心淡 because it doesn't come up.I think every Cantonese beginner should learn at least a few basic Cantonese grammar.They should know, for instance, that...
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I think a lot of, if not all the editors might be native Cantonese speakers. I am not, but I have spoken it for about 22 years and still learning. I think there are obstacles we have in acquiring the...
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慈悲 and 憐憫 are two individual terms慈悲 [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk] means 'mercy'憐憫 [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk] means 'take pity on'' ; 'sympathize with'
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1. … Even the word for 'quail' (the wrong word I wrote) was used by many people in discussion forums from HK! This can make things difficult.This is sadly the truth. Native speakers know that the word...
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Thank you. I searched in google before asking here and they came up together in many articles, so I assumed they were a phrase
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