It had been a drought for a long time before the rain could finally moisten the farmland.
Cantonese
佢为咗一亲芳泽，极尽能事咁去讨好佢。
佢為咗一親芳澤，極盡能事咁去討好佢。
He spared no effort in winning her heart, just to feel her soft lips.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
总括先生来信的意思，大概有两点，一是骂史太林先生们是官僚，再一是斥毛泽东先生们的“各派联合一致抗日”的主张为出卖革命。
總括先生來信的意思，大概有兩點，一是罵史太林先生們是官僚，再一是斥毛澤東先生們的“各派聯合一致抗日”的主張為出賣革命。
zǒng kuò xiān sheng lái xìn de yì si ， dà gài yǒu liǎng diǎn ， yī shì mà shǐ tài lín xiān sheng men shì guān liáo ， zài yī shì chì máo zé dōng xiān sheng men de “ gè pài lián hé yī zhì kàng rì ” de zhǔ zhāng wéi chū mài gé mìng ．
I take it that the main drift of your letter is contained in these two points: You consider Stalin and his colleagues bureaucrats, and the proposal of Mao Zedong and others — “Let all parties unite to resist Japan” — as a betrayal of the cause of revolution.