How to pronounce 白費力氣 in Cantonese (1 out of 1):

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｢若沒有《常識》作者的筆, 華盛頓的舉劍將只是白費力氣。｣
"Without the pen of a writer who knows how to write, Washington's sword will be a waste of energy".

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

若 joek6
to seem
like
as
if
you
your
沒有 mou5 jau5
without
常識 soeng4 sik1
common sense
作者 coeng5 zok3
author
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
筆 bat1
pen
pencil
writing brush
to write or compose
the strokes of Chinese characters
classifier for sums of money, deals M: 支zhī [支]
枝zhī [枝]
quality
style of writing
to do something in writing
華盛頓 wa4 sing6 deon1
Washington
舉 geoi2
to lift
to hold up
to cite
to enumerate
to act
to raise
to choose
to elect
an act
a move
a deed
an action
to initiate
to undertake
to nominate
to recommend
to praise
to give birth to
to erect
to suggest
all of
deportment
劍 gim3
sword
將 zoeng3
a military commander
a general officer
to command
只是 zi2 si6
just
白費力氣 baak6 fai3 lik6 hei3
(proverb) to waste someone's energy; all the labor or manpower's work is in vain

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