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水火無情

简 水火无情 · 繁 水火無情
Mandarin · pinyin shuǐ huǒ wú qíng

Meanings

  1. fire and flood have no mercy (idiom)
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水
shuǐ · water, liquid, lotion, juice
火
huǒ · fire, flame; burn; anger, rage
無
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情
qíng · feeling, sentiment, emotion
无
wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
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3–3–2–2 · shui3 huo3 wu2 qing2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

seoi2 fo2 mou4 cing4

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seoi2 fo2 mou4 cing4

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proverb

  1. Floods and fires know no mercy.

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