Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
li (Chinese mile)
500 meters (modern)
home
hometown
village
neighborhood
administrative unit
lane
alley
a precinct
this place
here
a surname
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
brisket
belly beef
spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs
see 牛腩niúnǎn [牛腩] esp. Cantonese
erroneously translated as sirloin
belly flesh
meat
juice
sap
liquor
fluid
gravy
sauce
an alternative form for the word的, a possessive, adjectival suffix