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劫後餘生

简劫后余生 · 繁劫後餘生

Mandarin · pinyin jié hòu yú shēng

(idiom) to be a survivor of a calamity

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劫: jié · take by force, coerce; disaster
後: hòu · behind, rear, after; descendents
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生: shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth
后: hòu · queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after
余: yú · I, my, me; surname; surplus

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2–4–2–1 · jie2 hou4 yu2 sheng1

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gip3 hau6 jyu4 sang1

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(idiomatic) to survive a disaster; to outlive a calamity

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