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無疾而終
简 无疾而终 · 繁 無疾而終Mandarin · pinyin wú jí ér zhōng
Meanings
- (lit.) to die without illness (idiom)
- (fig.) to result in failure (without any outside interference); to come to nothing; to fizzle out
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2–2–2–1 · wu2 ji2 er2 zhong1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
mou4 zat6 ji4 zung1
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to die without illness
- (of a matter) to end while unfinished
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