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慌

Mandarin · pinyin huāng

to get panicky; to lose one's head
(coll.) (after 得 dé) unbearably; terribly

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慌: huāng · nervous, panicky, frantic

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fong1 · fong2

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character

to flee
to fear; to dread; to be afraid
to feel nervous; to get flustered; to get flurried
flustered; nervous; panicky; frantic
(colloquial) Used as an adjectival complement after 得 (de), to emphasise the unbearability or extent of the adjectival state.

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(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) dim; indistinct
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to sleep talk

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