Re: 淳樸
Quotedelonix87 How would you translate this word - simple, basic?人們生活得很淳樸Thank you淳樸 [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]honest; simple; modest; pure; rustic; unsophisticatedAlso 純樸...
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淳樸 means “simple, honest, etc”. It’s added to CantoDict. I would do some research later to see if 淳樸 is a variant form of 純樸.
View Article寧願十倍 - much prefer?
HiJust wondering if you translate this as 'much prefer'?寧願十倍咁生喺我度Thank you
View ArticleRe: 有女萬事足
It’s not a set phrase but “有 + noun + 萬事足” is a common grammatical structure. Many nouns, such as 錢,樓,仔,女, can be inserted into the “noun” slot.“有 … 萬事足” literally means “with … , everything is...
View Article殘除 - destroy
殘除呢個眼中釘get rid of; be rid of - is that the correct translation of this word?Many thanks
View ArticleRe: 殘除 - destroy
殘 [caan4] is a typo for 剷 [caan2]. 剷除 is in CantoDict. [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]
View Article永不錄用
HiI'm wondering if this phrase means "blacklisted" as in "never to use (something) again" (i.e. a product, person ect)Thank you
View Article全盆計畫
HiI was describing a person who is very organised - and someone said the phrase全盆計畫 to describe them. I've never heard this before nor can I find anything in google about this phrase.Does anyone know...
View Article身家清白
HiI'm not sure if this translates to "clearance" - as in checking someone's or something's background to be sure it has no bad record.Is this correct?Thank you
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