Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to curry favour with
to flatter
to pander to
Leon Lai (Cantonese pop singer)
uncle
father's younger brother
husband's younger brother
Taiwan pr. [shú]
the third eldest amongst brothers
a polite term of address for an older male who is younger than one's father
the last
latter part
to fish with a hook and bait
to tempt
to lure
a fishhook
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
strip
item
article
clause (of law or treaty)
classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers, people (in slangs) etc)
order
orderliness
ten dollars
catty
weight equal to 0.5 kg
(Tw) weight equal to 0.6 kg
an axe
shrewdly
hundred (bucks)
how much
how many
several
a few
quite
shortly thereafter
thin or slender
finely particulate
thin and soft
fine
delicate
trifling
(of a sound) quiet
frugal
tiny
small
little
detailed
trifling
exquisite
junior members of an organisation such as a triad gang