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憑本能做事

简 凭本能做事 · 繁 憑本能做事
Mandarin · pinyin píng běn néng zuò shì

Meanings

  1. to follow one's nose
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憑
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本
běn · root, origin, source; basis
能
néng · to be able; can, permitted to; ability
做
zuò · work, make; act
事
shì · affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
凭
píng · lean on, depend on, rely on
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Mandarin tones

2–3–2–4–4 · ping2 ben3 neng2 zuo4 shi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

pang4 bun2 nang4 zou6 si6

Cantonese word readings for 憑本能做事. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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pang4 bun2 nang4 zou6 si6

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