long6 zi2 wui4 tau4浪子回頭浪子回头
Jyutpinglong6 zi2 wui4 tau4
Yalelohng jí wùih tàuh
Definition
The return of a prodigal son; a reformed scapegrace or straying person who repents and turns back to the right path.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
