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How does Motorola sound like "nothing to take" in Cantonese?
From Original to transliteration:
Motorola --> 摩托羅拉 /mo1 tok3 lo4 laai1/
From transliteration to sound-alike phrase:
mo1 tok3 lo4 laai1 --> 冇得攞啦 /mou5 dak1 lo2 laa1/
冇得 = can't (as in 冇得揮)
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