話waa6事si6偈gai2

English

1. as said or quoted (spoken)
2. as somebody says; used when citing what somebody has said as worth taking account of

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 正如某人所講；用嚟贊同並引用人哋嘅觀點

Examples

• 好似……話事偈

  in the words of ...

• 正如我伯爺話事偈，牛唔飲水唔撳得牛頭低。

  As the saying my father quotes goes, if someone is unwilling to do something, it is not possible to force them.

• 學鄧小平話事偈：「黑貓白貓，捉到老鼠嘅就係好貓。」 (hok6 dang6 siu2 ping4 waa6 si6 gai2: "haak1 maau1 baak6 maau1, zuk1 dou2 lou5 syu2 ge3 zau6 hai6 hou2 maau1.")

  In the words of Deng Xiaoping: "It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice."