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睇相佬呃你十年八年 (tai2 soeng3 lou2 ak1 nei5 sap6 nin4 baat3 nin4) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

睇相佬呃你十年八年 (tai2 soeng3 lou2 ak1 nei5 sap6 nin4 baat3 nin4, dì xiāng lǎo è nǐ shí nián bā nián) — (literally: a fortune teller may deceive you for only eight or ten years); time will tell who you can trust; you will realise with time that I am telling you the truth (whilst others may lie to you); time will witness the truth; would I lie to you? [colloquial]

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beyond HSK

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