How to pronounce 厲 in Cantonese (5 out of 21):

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厲王一方面不懂體恤民情，他又十分貪婪和兇殘
And the king of the Hittites was very greedy and wicked, and he had no compassion for the people.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

厲 lai6
strict
severe
a whetstone
to grind
to sharpen
whet
pestilence, an epidemic disease
malicious ghost
a surname
to oppress
to encourage
stern
grim
wicked
malicious
terribly
fierce
王 wong6
to govern
to rule
一方面 yat1 fong1 min6
on one hand
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
懂 dung2
(verb) Know
體恤 tai2 seot1
show sympathy for
民情 man4 cing4
civil sentiment
他 to1
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
又 jau6
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
十分 sap6 fan1
very
貪婪 taam1 laam4
greedy
和 wo4
and
兇殘 hung1 caan2
brutal

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