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大難不死

简 大难不死 · 繁 大難不死
Mandarin · pinyin dà nàn bù sǐ

Meanings

  1. to just escape from calamity
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大
dà · big, great, vast, large, high
難
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不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
死
sǐ · die; dead; death
难
nán · difficult, arduous, hard; unable
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4–4–4–3 · da4 nan4 bu4 si3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

daai6 naan6 bat1 sei2

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daai6 naan6 bat1 sei2

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verb

  1. to escape from death in a great catastrophe

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