How to pronounce 功虧一簣 in Cantonese (1 out of 1):

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以及佢喺 2016 年嘅電郵門事件, 點樣令到希拉莉功虧一簣

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

以及 ji5 kap6
and
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
喺 hai2
in
年 nin4
year
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
電郵 din6 jau4
email
門 mun4
gate
door M: 扇shàn [扇]
gateway
doorway M: 个gè [个]
opening
valve
switch
way to do something
knack
family
house
(religious) sect
school (of thought)
class
category
phylum or division (taxonomy)
classifier for large guns
classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
(suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
clan
gang
key
turning point
a surname
KangXi radical 169
事件 sin6 gin6
incident
點樣 dim2 joeng2
(question)(phrase) what's with it?; what's up? ; how's it like?; how?; what is it like?
令到 ling6 dou3
cause one to
希拉莉 hei1 laai1 lei6
Hillary Clinton
功虧一簣 gung1 fui1 yat1 kui2
ruin the success of on own's effort

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