How to pronounce 風平浪靜 in Cantonese (9 out of 10):

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俗語有說:「 忍一時風平浪靜,退一步海闊天空」, 減少與別人磨擦的機會, 盡量放鬆自己,不要讓血光之災事情發生

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

俗語 zuk6 jyu5
slang
jau6
also
again
syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
jan5
to bear
to endure
to tolerate
to restrain oneself
to repress
truculence
merciless
一時 jat1 si4
suddenly; at an instant
風平浪靜 fung1 ping4 long6 zing6
calm
退 teoi3
to retreat
to decline
to move back
to withdraw
to step back
to bow out
to quit
to retire
to give back
to refund
to return
to cancel
to retract
一步 jat1 bou6
one step
海闊天空 hoi2 fut3 tin1 hung1
sky as wide as the sea
減少 gaam2 siu2
decrease
jyu6
to participate
別人 bit6 jan4
others
磨擦 mo4 caat3
friction
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
機會 gei1 wui6
opportunity
盡量 zeon6 loeng6
as much as possible
放鬆 fong3 sung1
take it easy
自己 zi6 gei3
myself
不要讓 bat1 yiu3 yeung4
don't let
hyut3
blood
colloquial pr. [xiě] M: 滴dī [滴]
片piàn [片]
bloody
related in blood
KangXi radical 143
energetic and high spirited
gwong1
light
ray M: 道dào [道]
bright
only
merely
to use up
glossy
smooth
glory
honor
bare
naked
a surname
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
zoi1
disaster
事情 si6 cing4
thing
發生 faat3 saang1
happen

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