How to pronounce 粉飾太平 in Cantonese (2 out of 3):

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執蘇州屎而極力粉飾太平，咁佢就可以唔使坐船去當地監督，

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Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

執蘇州屎 zap1 sou1 zau1 si2

an idiom implying a messy situation

而 nang4

an alternative form for 能,to be able

極力 gik6 lik6

strongly

粉飾太平 fan2 sik1 taai3 ping4

to prettify peace and harmony

咁 gam3

so (Cantonese)

Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this

佢 heoi5

she

it (Cantonese)

Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]

就可以 zau6 ho2 ji5

then can

唔使 m4 sai2

(phrase) no need to; do not need something; it's unnecessary

坐船 co5 syun4

to go on a boat

去 heoi3

to go

to go to (a place)

to cause to go or send (sb)

(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth

to be apart from in space or time

(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)

(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed

當地 dong1 dei6

local

監督 gaam1 duk1

supervise

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