Stand firm! Taking drugs certainly causes one to make grave mistakes!
Cantonese
一take过
一take過
jat1 tik1 gwo3
in one attempt
Cantonese
set场
set場
set1 coeng4
to prepare and decorate a venue
Cantonese
set闹钟
set鬧鐘
set1 naau6 zung1
to set the alarm
Mandarin
坎坎伐檀兮,寘之河之干兮,河水清且涟猗。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionKǎnkǎn fá tán xī, zhì zhī hé zhī gān xī, héshuǐ qīng qiě lián yī. [Pinyin]
坎坎伐檀兮,寘之河之干兮,河水清且涟猗。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionKǎnkǎn fá tán xī, zhì zhī hé zhī gān xī, héshuǐ qīng qiě lián yī. [Pinyin]
kan - kan go his blows on the sandal trees ,
And he places what he hews on the river's bank, Whose waters flow clear and rippling.