強求 [强－]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to insist on
  2. to demand
  3. to impose
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    將​自己​嘅​喜好​同埋​慾​望​強加響​人​哋​度
    to insist on; to impose unrealistically
    • 感情呢家嘢係唔可以強求。
      感情呢家嘢系唔可以强求。
      gam2 cing4 ni1 gaa1 je5 hai6 m4 ho2 ji5 koeng5 kau4.
      Love cannot be forced into existence.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to force (someone) to (do something); to insist on; to impose; to make peremptory demands
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    感情呢家嘢系唔可以强求。
    感情呢家嘢係唔可以強求。
    gam2 cing4 ni1 gaa1 je5 hai6 m4 ho2 ji5 koeng5 kau4.
    • Love cannot be forced into existence.
  2. Cantonese
    人与人嘅关系，合则来，不合则去，唔使强求嘅。
    人與人嘅關係，合則來，不合則去，唔使強求嘅。
    jan4 jyu5 jan4 ge3 gwaan1 hai6, hap6 zak1 loi4, bat1 hap6 zak1 heoi3, m4 sai2 koeng5 kau4 ge3.
    • How poeple get along with others determines whether to stay in or to leave it. You don't have to force it.
  3. Cantonese
    缘份系整定嘅，唔可以强求㗎！
    緣份係整定嘅，唔可以強求㗎！
    jyun4 fan6 hai6 zing2 ding6 ge3, m4 ho2 ji5 koeng5 kau4 gaa3!
    • Fate has already been predestined, you can't change it!