「欲言又止」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: juk6 jin4 jau6 zi2
Individual
Character Meaning:
欲 to wish; to want; to hope
言 speech; word; to say; to talk; to speak
又 again; too
止 stop; till; to stop; to cease; to prohibit; to forbid
Part of Speech: expression
Explanation:
to bite something back; to want to say something but then hesitate
(Cant.) 佢keoi5望mong6住zyu6我ngo5欲juk6言jin4又jau6止zi2,最zeoi3後hau6都dou1係hai6乜mat1都dou1冇mou5講gong2。
(Eng.) He looked at me and wanted to say something, but then hesitated and eventually said nothing.
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