Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to protect
to defend
to guard against
to prevent
embankmant
poison
to poison
poisonous
malicious
cruel
fierce
narcotics
drugs
toxin
to abolish
to abandon
to abrogate
to discard
to depose
to oust
crippled
abandoned
waste
useless
to fall of
invalid
bead
pearl M: 粒lì [粒]
颗kē [颗]
precious stone
gem
jewel
a bead-like thing
pupil of the eye
a surname
drugs, especially 'white dragon pearl heroin'
most
the most
-est (superlative suffix)
exceedingly
extreme
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
each
every
individually
all
separately
various
different
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
all
whole
entire
every
complete
perfect
a surname