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"english": "Huh! What sort of big case are they [the police] working on?",
"ref": "1991, Fight Back to School",
"text": "嘩haai2，搞緊咩大case呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]\n哗haai2，搞紧咩大case呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]\nwaa³ haai², gaau² gan² me¹ daai⁶ kei¹ si² aa³? [Jyutping]",
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},
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"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "kēi sí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
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],
"zh-pron": "kei¹ si²"
},
{
"tags": [
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"zh-pron": "kéi¹ xi²"
},
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},
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"the person or client associated with such case (Classifier: 隻／只 c)"
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"tags": [
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"english": "Huh! What sort of big case are they [the police] working on?",
"ref": "1991, Fight Back to School",
"text": "嘩haai2，搞緊咩大case呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]\n哗haai2，搞紧咩大case呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]\nwaa³ haai², gaau² gan² me¹ daai⁶ kei¹ si² aa³? [Jyutping]",
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"msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
"path": [
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