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這不是說他很窮或...

這不是說...

這不是說他很 - 窮或很吝嗇

zheˋ buˊ shiˋ shuo ˉ ta ˉ henˇ
qiongˊ huoˋ henˇ linˋ seˋ

(It's not that)

It's not that he's poor or stingy | It's not that he was poor or mean

這不是

zheˋ buˊ shiˋ

(It isn't, This isn't, This wasn't)

This isn't, This wasn't, It isn't

不是 buˊ shiˋ

(Aren't, Isn't, No, Not, Wasn't)

Not, Isn't, Wasn't, Aren't, No

是說 shiˋ shuoˉ

(Am saying, Are saying, Is saying, Said, Say, Saying, Says, That is to, To be, To say, Was saying, Were saying)

That is to say, To be saying, Am saying, Are saying, Is saying, Was saying, Were saying, To say, Say, Says, Saying, Said

他 ta ˉ

(He, Her, Him, It, Other, Others, She, They)

He, She, He, She, They, Him, Her, Other, Others, It

很窮 henˇ qiongˊ

(Poor)

Poor

很窮或很吝嗇

henˇ qiongˊ huoˋ henˇ linˋ seˋ

(Poor)

Poor or stingy, Poor or miserly

吝嗇 linˋ seˋ

(Miser)

Miser

這

Here, These, This, This One, Those

This, These, Those, Here, This One

不

Infix, No, Non, None, Not, Not able to, Un, Without

No, Not, Non, None, Not able to, Un, Without, Infix Used To Indicate Inability

是

Am, Are, Being, Is, To be, Was, Were, Yes

Is, To be, Am/Are/Is/Was/Were, Being, Yes

說

Delight, Explain, Influence, Narrate, Persuade, Please, Say, Scold, Speak, Talk, Tell, To narrate, To say

Say, To say, Say/Says/Saying/Said, To narrate, Narrate/Narrates/Narrating/Narrated, Speak/Speaks/Speaking/Spoke, Talk, Tell, Explain, Scold, (Shui4), Persuade, Influence, (Yue4), Delight, Please

他

He, Her, Him, It, Other, Others, She, They

He, She, He, She, They, Him, Her, Other, Others, It

很

Extremely, Highly, Very, Very

Very, Very Much, Is, Are, Highly, Extremely

窮

Desperate, Exhaust, Extreme, Failure, Impoverish, Poor

Exhaust, Poor, Impoverish, Desperate, Extreme, Failure

或

Maybe, Might, Or, Perhaps

Or, Maybe, Perhaps, Might

很

Extremely, Highly, Very, Very

Very, Very Much, Is, Are, Highly, Extremely

吝

Miserly, Stingy

Miserly, Stingy

嗇

Constipated, Miserly, Stingy, Thrifty, Tight

Stingy, Constipated, Tight, Miserly, Thrifty

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