Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
capable of enduring
able to tolerate
patient
durable
hardy
resistant
to resist
enduring
long period of time
to engrave
inscribed motto
unforgettably
to carve
inscription
epigraphy
motto
biography
commentaries on classics
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
to advise
to counsel
to admonish
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
old (of people)
venerable (person)
experienced
of long standing
always
all the time
of the past
very
outdated
(of meat etc) tough
old age
abbreviation for Laotse, the founder of Taoism
a surname
to retire from official service
to become old
to honor the aged
shameless, thick-skinned
familiar term of respect for elderly people
decrepit
hardened
steady
trustworthy
dark
deep (colour)
youngest (in Beijing dialect)
parents
to return to one's hometown
to follow
from
it is for...to
reason
cause
because of
due to
to
to leave it (to sb)
by (introduces passive verb)
up to
through
a surname
cloth
to declare
to announce
to spread
to make known
a surname
political
politics
government
the affairs of an organistation
family
group
the administrative affairs of a government department
a surname
to make
to cause
to enable
to use
to employ
to send
to instruct sb to do sth
to need to
to have to
a surname
part of a place name
to answer
in response to
to grant
to accept
to cope with
to handle
to suit
to confirm
to echo
a surname
crotch
15th of the 28th constellations of Chinese astronomy
a surname
the stride made by a man
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
imperial inspector of a province
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
office
duty
profession
position
post
a job
for
to govern
I
me
we (a modest way to address oneself used in official reports to superiors)