How to pronounce 長短 in Cantonese (1 out of 11):

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想跟商紂爭一日之長短,當時出現天下三分
I was trying to get a day long argument with a businessman, and then I got a third of the time.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

soeng2
to think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to plan
gan1
heel
to follow closely
to go with
to marry sb (of woman)
with
towards
as (compared to)
from (different from)
and (in addition to)
to accompany
to be loyal to
for a woman to be in a relationship with someone
to follow a big brother in a triad gang
soeng1
commerce
merchant
dealer
to consult
2nd note in pentatonic scale
quotient (as in 智商zhìshāng [智商], intelligence quotient)
to discuss
zau6
saddle crupper (harness strap on horse's back)
name of an emperor
zaang1
deficient or lacking (dialect)
owe
一日 jat1 jat6
(n.) a day or one day; (slang) used as part of a prepositional phrase (一日都係) to blame someone (or something or 'a reason') for some negative things that have happened, all because of; owing to; thanks to (e.g. 一日都係你 means "It's all because of you" or "Thanks to you".)
zi1
1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de [的]), ‘s 2. him 3. her 4. it 5. subordinate particle 6. this 7. that 8. these 9. those 10. to go to 11. an expletive in a phrase or a sentence with no particular meaning 12. (of road) branch
長短 coeng4 dyun3
strengths and weaknesses
當時 dong1 si4
back then
出現 ceot1 jin6
appear
天下 tin1 haa6
under heaven
三分 sam1 fan1
partially
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