How to pronounce 抗戰 in Cantonese (3 out of 3):

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求生若渴,猿人族被迫反擊,但長期抗戰令牠們元氣大傷,形勢急轉直下
The apes were forced to fight back for their thirst, but the long struggle left them with a devastating and overwhelmingly unstable state of mind.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

求生 kau4 saang1
to strive for survival
joek6
to seem
like
as
if
you
your
kit3
dried up marshland
猿人 yun4 jan4
ape man
zuk6
race
nationality
ethnicity
clan
by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)
blood relations
tribe
class of animals
group of things with common characteristics
to execute all family members of a criminal
被迫 bei6 poek3
be forced
反擊 faan2 gik1
counterattack
daan6
but
長期 coeng4 kei4
long-term
抗戰 kong3 zin3
Resistance War
ling6
to order
to command
an order
warrant
writ
to cause
to make sth happen
virtuous
honorific title
season
government position
your esteemed
a polite way to address 'your' (especially when referring to one's family members such as parents or siblings)
a short tune(old)
牠們 taa1 mun4
(pronoun of animal) they; them
元氣 jyun4 hei3
energetic
taai3
an alternative form for the word太, too
soeng1
to injure
injury
wound
to be ill from
to grief
distressed
to hurt
形勢 jing4 sai3
situation
急轉直下 gap1 zyun2 zik6 haa6
abruptly decline
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