How to pronounce 翻臉 in Cantonese (6 out of 8):

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翻臉了 不聊天的 和律師聊的
fell out and didn't chat with the lawyer.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

翻臉 faan1 lim5
turn against
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
聊天 liu4 tin1
chat
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
和 wo4
and
律師 leot6 si1
lawyer
聊 liu4
to chat
to depend upon (literary)
temporarily
just
slightly
to endure
somewhat
at least
tentatively

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