How to pronounce 堯舜 in Cantonese (4 out of 5):

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去到大禹時代, 大禹去世前幾年，想效仿堯舜，找一個賢能的人來接替自己。

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

去到 heoi3 dou3
reach
大禹 daai6 jyu5
Yu the Great
時代 si4 doi6
era
去世 heoi3 sai3
passed away
前 cin4
front
forward
ahead
first
top (followed by a number)
future
ago
before
BC (e.g. 前293年)
former
formerly
advance
幾 gei2
how much
how many
several
a few
quite
shortly thereafter
年 nin4
year
想 soeng2
to think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to plan
效 hau6
effectiveness
仿 fong2
imitate
堯舜 jiu4 seon3
Yao and Shun, ancestors of Chinese
找 zaau2
(verb) Search;
一個 jat1 go3
a; one
賢能 jin4 nang4
virtuous and capable
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 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
來 loi6
to greet and welcome guests
接替 zip3 tai2
take over
自己 zi6 gei3
myself

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