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講起嚟一疋布咁長 (gong2 hei2 lai4 jat1 pat1 bou3 gam3 coeng4) — it is a long story to tell; it is like telling a long story in Cantonese

gongˊ²講heiˊ²起laiˎ₄嚟jatˉ¹一patˉ¹疋bou˗₃布gam˗₃咁coengˎ₄長
简 讲起嚟一疋布咁长
Mandarin Pinyin: jiang3 qi3 li2 yi1 pi3 bu4 han2 zhang3

Meaning of 講起嚟一疋布咁長

nounit is a long story to tell; it is like telling a long story
nouna tale as long as a roll of cloth

Characters in 講起嚟一疋布咁長

講gong2
Cantonese dialectical word: say; speak
起hei2
case; instance
嚟lai4
come; arrive
一jat1
one; a; an; the
疋pat1
(cl.) bolt; roll (for cloth, piece goods)
布bou3
(cotton) cloth; textiles
咁gam3
so; to such a great degree (used to modify the following adjective) | [國] 這麼, 那麼
長coeng4
(of distance and time) long | [antonym] 短

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