Weekly Cantonese: Mou5 Goek3 Ge3 Zoek3 Zai2 每週廣東話：冇腳嘅雀仔

Today marks the 20th anniversary of Leslie Cheung's (Gor Gor) passing. He contributed to the entertainment industry for 26 years and had many classic movies and songs that still accompany Hong Kong people today. His classic movies include 1990's "Days of Being Wild," 1993's "Farewell My Concubine," and 1997's "Happy Together." Gor Gor's classic songs are countless, such as "Monica," which was popular in Hong Kong at the time, "Star," which was composed and written by the legendary lyricist James Wong, and the innovative and bold "Left and Right Hand."

Gor Gor, who was talented in both acting and singing, also had many classic lines in movies he starred in, such as "mou5 goek3 ge3 zoek3 zai2" from "Days of Being Wild". Let's learn what "mou5 goek3 ge3 zoek3 zai2" means together.

今日係張國榮「哥哥」逝世20週年，佢喺演藝界貢獻26年，有好多經典電影同歌曲，到依家都仲陪伴住香港人。佢嘅經典電影包括1990年嘅《阿飛正傳》、1993年嘅《霸王別姬》、1997年嘅《春光乍洩》等等。哥哥嘅經典歌曲更係數之不盡，例如《Monica》、《明星》同埋《左右手》等。

唱得演得嘅哥哥主演嘅電影亦都出咗好多經典對白，例如「冇腳嘅雀仔」就係出自《阿飛正傳》。等我地一齊學吓咩叫冇腳嘅雀仔。

冇 no mou5
腳 leg goek3
嘅 of ge3
雀 bird zoek3
仔 son zai2

Meaning: uninhibited

意思：放蕩不羈

Example: Will he ever want to change his uninhibited personality?

例句：佢呢隻冇腳嘅雀仔，會唔會有一日想停落嚟呢？

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