冇藥力 (mou5 joek6 lik6) — describe a drug which has no effect; to… in Cantonese

mouˏ₅冇joekˍ₆藥likˍ₆力

简冇药力

Mandarin Pinyin: mao3 yao4li4

Meaning of 冇藥力

noundescribe a drug which has no effect; to have no drugs to smoke [colloquial]

diˉ¹啲joekˍ₆藥mouˏ₅冇joekˍ₆藥likˍ₆力laa˗₃喇

The medicine has no effect anymore.

neiˏ₅你gam˗₃咁gongˊ²講houˊ²好mouˏ₅冇joekˍ₆藥likˍ₆力

Saying it like that is ineffective.

niˉ¹呢ziuˉ¹招mouˏ₅冇joekˍ₆藥likˍ₆力wo˗₃喎

This move won't work.

ngoˏ₅我mouˏ₅冇joekˍ₆藥likˍ₆力jing˗₃應fukˍ₆付

I have no power to deal with it.

keoiˏ₅佢gongˊ²講jeˏ₅嘢mouˏ₅冇joekˍ₆藥likˍ₆力

What he says has no effect.

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