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牽腸掛肚
简 牵肠挂肚 · 繁 牽腸掛肚Mandarin · pinyin qiān cháng guà dù
Meanings
- deeply worried (idiom); to feel anxious
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1–2–4–4 · qian1 chang2 gua4 du4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
hin1 coeng4 gwaa3 tou5
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hin1 coeng4 gwaa3 tou5
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phrase
- (Jin) very anxious and unable to set one's mind at ease
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