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I'm a writer. I am trying to get "Forces of Evil, Come and Obey" or something with the same general meaning translated to phonetic Cantonese so I can have a character use it like a chant in a story intended for an English speaking audience.
Like 'Yu Mo Gui Gwai Fai Di Zao' is able to be chanted and understood by an American audience.
Chinese slogans typically come in idiomatic (four characters) phrase
if "Forces of Evil, Come and Obey" means "we are the forces of Evil, come and obey us" then I suggest:
"道消魔長，順我者昌"
"(the power of) good has declined and (the power of) evil has grown; those who submit to us flourish"
jyutping: /dou2 siu1 mo1 coeng2 seon6 ngo5 ze2 coeng1/
phonetic: "doe siu mor zhung, Shun wu jer chun"
And it rhymes
If "Forces of Evil, Come and Obey" means "you, the forces of evil, come and obey me' then I suggest:
"道長魔消，逆我者亡" (the power of) evil has declined and (the power of) good has grown; those who resist us perish"
jyutping: /dou2 coeng2 mo1 siu1/, /jik6 ngo5 ze2 mong4/
phonetic: "doe zhung mor siu, yiey wu jer mong"
