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初 | co1 | early |
靚仔 | leng3 zai2 | handsome boy |
有型 | jau5 jing4 | Stylish |
上海 | soeng6 hoi2 | Shanghai |
移民 | ji4 man4 | migrant |
香港1960年代[初],[靚仔] [有型]既Lesile係[上海][移民]。
hoeng1 gong21960 nin4 doi6 [co1],[ leng3 zai2] [ jau5 jing4] gei3Lesile hai6[ soeng6 hoi2][ ji4 man4].
In Hong Kong in the early 1960s, the handsome and stylish Lesile immigrated from Shanghai.

從未 | cung4 mei6 | never |
見過 | gin3 gwo3 | seen |
生母 | sang1mou5 | biological mother |
自細 | zi6 sai3 | Self-discipline |
前交際花 | cin4 gaau1 zai3 faa1 | former social butterfly |
由 | jau4 | Depend on |
養母 | joeng5 mou5 | foster mother |
養大 | joeng5 daai6 | raised |
佢 [從未] [見過] [生母],[自細] [由] [前交際花] [養母] [養大]。
keoi5 [ cung4 mei6] [ gin3 gwo3] [sang1 mou5],[ zi6 sai3] [jau4] [ cin4 gaau1 zai3 faa1] [ joeng5 mou5] [ joeng5 daai6].
He has never met his biological mother and was raised by his adoptive mother, a former socialite.

因為 | jan1 wai6 | because |
原因 | jyun4 jan1 | reason |
長大 | zoeng2 daai6 | grow up |
生命 | sang1 ming6 | life |
遇到 | jyu6 dou2 | meet |
每個 | mui5 go3 | each |
冷酷 | laang5 huk6 | cold |
無情 | mou4 cing4 | ruthless |
[因為]呢個[原因],[長大]後,佢對[生命]中[遇到]既[每個]女人都[冷酷][無情]。
[ jan1 wai6] ni1 go3[ jyun4 jan1],[ zoeng2 daai6] hau6, keoi5 deoi3[ sang1 ming6] zung1[ jyu6 dou2] gei3[ mui5 go3] neoi5 jan2 dou1[ laang5 huk6][ mou4 cing4].
For this reason, when he grew up, he became ruthless towards every woman he met in his life.


放蕩 | fong3 dong6 | dissolute |
先後 | sin1 hau6 | successively |
售票員 | sau6 piu3 jyun4 | conductor |
舞女 | mou5 neoi5 | dancing hostess |
後來 | hau6 loi4 | later |
拋棄 | paau1 hei3 | abandon |
[放蕩]既佢[先後]同[售票員]Maggie同[舞女]Carina同居,[後來]都[拋棄]咗佢哋。
[fong3 dong6] gei3 keoi5[ sin1 hau6] tung4[ sau6 piu3 jyun4]Maggie tung4[ mou5 neoi5]Carina tung4 geoi1, [hau6 loi4] dou1[ paau1 hei3] zo2 keoi5 dei6.
As a wild man, he lived with conductor Maggie and dancing hostess Carina, but later abandoned them.