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兔子尾巴長不了
简 兔子尾巴长不了 · 繁 兔子尾巴長不了Mandarin · pinyin tù zi wěi ba cháng bu liǎo
Meanings
- rabbits don't have long tails (idiom)
- its days are numbered
- won't last long
Characters in this entry
- 兔
- tù · rabbit, hare
- 子
- zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
- 尾
- wěi · tail, extremity; end, stern; 6th lunar mansion, determinative star μ¹ Scorpii (Xamidimura)
- 巴
- bā · greatly desire, anxiously hope
- 長
- zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 了
- le · to finish; particle of completed action
- 长
- zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader
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Mandarin tones
4–5–3–5–2–5–3 · tu4 zi5 wei3 ba5 chang2 bu5 liao3
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