How to pronounce 了得 in Cantonese (3 out of 11):

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說了得久都不行

It's not going to work for a long time.

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Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

說 syut3

to speak

to say

to explain

to scold

to tell off

a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)

to criticize

to try to influence someone to do something

to mean

了得 liu5 dak1

outstanding

久 gau2

(long) time

(long) duration of time

old

都 dou1

all

both

entirely

(used for emphasis) even

already

(not) at all

metropolis

capital

big city

the whole

elegant

refined

without exception

also

too

still

used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone

不行 bat1 hang4

can't do

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