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未能免俗

Mandarin · pinyin wèi néng miǎn sú

Meanings

  1. unable to break the custom (idiom)
  2. bound by conventions
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未
wèi · not yet; eighth earthly branch
能
néng · to be able; can, permitted to; ability
免
miǎn · spare; excuse from; evade
俗
sú · social customs; vulgar, unrefined
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4–2–3–2 · wei4 neng2 mian3 su2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mei6 nang4 min5 zuk6

Cantonese word readings for 未能免俗. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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