How to pronounce 淹沒 in Cantonese (5 out of 6):

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奧威爾怕嘅係真理被隱瞞，赫胥黎 擔心嘅係真理被淹沒喺無聊瑣碎嘅世事當中；
Orwell was afraid that the truth would be hidden, and Huxley was afraid that the truth would be flooded in this boring, fragile world.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

奧威爾 ou3 wai1 ji5
Orwell
怕 paa3
to be afraid
to fear
to dread
to be unable to endure
perhaps
apprehensive
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
真理 zan1 lei5
truth
被 pei5
quilt
blanket
(literary) to cover
隱瞞 jan2 mun4
conceal
赫胥黎 hak1 syu1 lei4
Huxley
擔心 daam1 sam1
worry
淹沒 jim1 mok6
submerge
喺 hai2
in
無聊 mou4 liu4
(noun) nonsense
瑣碎 so2 seoi3
trivial
世事 sai3 si6
worldly affairs
當中 dong1 zung1
among
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