Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
paternal cousins
part of an official title for subordinates or lower rank officials in ancient times
martial
military
a footstep
a surname
chivalrous
autocratic
powerful
soldier
trail
footprint
successor
a metal percussion instrument
unit of length equal to half a pace
the strings tie of a hat
dance
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
to split, to rend
to choose to rub, to wipe
to get
to fetch
to take
to ask for
to rip