人才外流

Mandarin · pinyin rén cái wài liú

Meanings

  1. brain drain
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人
rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
才
cái · talent, ability; just, only
外
wài · out, outside, external; foreign
流
liú · flow, circulate, drift; class
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2–2–4–2 · ren2 cai2 wai4 liu2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jan4 coi4 ngoi6 lau4

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jan4 coi4 ngoi6 lau4

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noun

  1. brain drain

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