How to pronounce 勵 in Cantonese (4 out of 4):

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反觀西歧周部落首領姬昌勵精治，不斷廣納不同的人才,
The leaders of the opposing tribes encouraged the right to rule and to respect different talents.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

反觀 faan2 gun1
on the other hand
西 sai1
west
western
occident
foreign
a surname
abbreviation for Spain
westwards
a pawn-ticket
cunt
歧 kei4
divergent
side road
branch
周 zau1
week
部落 bou6 lok6
tribe
首領 sau2 ling5
leader
姬 gei1
woman
concubine
female entertainer (archaic)
beauty
goddess
imperial concubine
昌 coeng1
prosperous
flourishing
light of sun
good
proper
勵 lai6
to encourage
to urge
to strive
to incite
to exert oneself
精 zing1
essence
extract
vitality
energy
semen
sperm
mythical goblin spirit
highly perfected
elite
the pick of sth
proficient (refined ability)
extremely (fine)
selected rice (archaic)
refined
polished
best
smart
sharp
clever
spirit
治 zi6
to harness (a river)
to treat (a disease)
to wipe out (a pest)
to punish
to research
to instruct
peaceful and orderly
a surname
不斷 bat1 dyun6
continuously
廣 gwong2
wide
numerous
to spread
Guangdong province
Guangzhou city
Canto-
納 naap6
to receive
to accept
to enjoy
to bring into
to pay (tax etc)
nano- (one billionth)
to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing
to admit
to take
to enjoy
不同 bat1 tung4
different
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
人才 jan4 coi4
talent
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