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百年不遇
Mandarin · pinyin bǎi nián bù yù
Meanings
- only met with once every hundred years (drought, flood etc)
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3–2–4–4 · bai3 nian2 bu4 yu4
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baak3 nin4 bat1 jyu6
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phrase
- (figurative) once-in-a-hundred-years (event); not seen in a hundred years
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