Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
a parapet
to look askance
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
clear
distinct
quiet
just and honest
pure
to settle or clear up
to clean up or purge
clean
peaceful
distinct
explicit
Qing dynasty
uncorrupted
to walk
to go
to run
to move (of vehicle)
to visit
to leave
to go away
to die (euph.)
from
through
away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走chèzǒu [撤走])
to change (shape, form, meaning)
to escape
to run away
to make a trip
to leak out
to incur loss
one's humble self
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'
to reach
to be enough
adequate
tired of
fed up with
too
grain
granule
classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)
a small particle
to have rice as food
ten thousand
a quantifier for hours
a 'pip' on the shoulder of police's uniform indicating the rank
to close (a door)
to eclipse
muddled
stupid
ignorant
variant of 暗àn [暗]
dark
dismal