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七零八落

Mandarin · pinyin qī líng bā luò

Meanings

  1. (idiom) everything broken and in disorder
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七
qī · seven
零
líng · zero; fragment, fraction
八
bā · eight; all around, all sides
落
luò · fall, drop; net income, surplus
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1–2–1–4 · qi1 ling2 ba1 luo4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cat1 ling4 baat3 lok6

Cantonese word readings for 七零八落. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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cat1 ling4 baat3 lok6

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) scattered here and there; in disorder; in confusion

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