Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
        
        
                     
            
              capacity
            
            
              quantity
            
            
              amount
            
            
              to estimate
            
            
              abbr. for 量词liàngcí [量词], classifier (in Chinese grammar)
            
            
              measure word
            
            
              to appraise
            
            
              to evaluate
            
            
              to limit
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              it must be; there must be
            
         
        
                     
            
              correct
            
            
              right
            
            
              so
            
            
              thus
            
            
              like this
            
            
              –ly
            
            
              nevertheless
            
            
              to promise
            
            
              to pledge
            
            
              if so
            
            
              to burn
            
         
        
                     
            
              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
            
         
        
                     
            
              (noun) 1. consequence; 2. result
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              also
            
            
              too
            
            
              (in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
            
            
              neither
            
            
              either
            
            
              even
            
            
              as well
            
            
              still
            
            
              likewise
            
         
        
        
        
                     
            
              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
            
         
        
          
            得不償失
            dak1 bat1 soeng4 sat1
            
            
              
                      
            
              lose more than gain