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Definition
Plough; a large farming tool used for turning over soil.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the traditional agricultural tool used for breaking up soil. It is rarely encountered in modern urban life, so it is mostly used when discussing history, rural traditions, or farming techniques.
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Farmers used to use a plough to till the fields.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
