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一句唔該使死人 (jat1 geoi3 m4 goi1 sai2 sei2 jan4) — to boss someone around with just a thank you [colloquial] in Cantonese

jatˉ¹一geoi˗₃句mˎ₄唔goiˉ¹該saiˊ²使seiˊ²死janˎ₄人
简 一句唔该使死人
Mandarin Pinyin: yi1ju4 wu2 gai1 shi3 si3ren2

Meaning of 一句唔該使死人

nounto boss someone around with just a thank you [colloquial]

Characters in 一句唔該使死人

一jat1
one; a; an; the
句geoi3
sentence; clause; words
唔m4
not; no | [華] 不
該goi1
fated to; preordained
使sai2 si2
if; supposing; provided
死sei2
die; death; dead | [ant] 生, 活
人jan4
manpower; staff; human resources

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