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付之東流

简付之东流 · 繁付之東流

Mandarin · pinyin fù zhī dōng liú

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付: fù · give, deliver, pay, hand over; entrust
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
東: dōng · east, eastern, eastward
流: liú · flow, circulate, drift; class
东: dōng · east, eastern, eastward

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

4–1–1–2 · fu4 zhi1 dong1 liu2

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense · 1 Cantonese reading

fu6 zi1 dung1 lau4

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

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(idiomatic) synonym of 付諸東流 /付诸东流 (fùzhūdōngliú, “to go in vain; to go down the drain; to be completely wasted”)