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久攻不下

Mandarin · pinyin jiǔ gōng bù xià

Meanings

  1. to attack for a long time without success
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久
jiǔ · long time (ago); time passage, grow late
攻
gōng · attack, assault; criticize
不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
下
xià · under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
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3–1–4–4 · jiu3 gong1 bu4 xia4

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gau2 gung1 bat1 haa6

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