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盡人事

简尽人事 · 繁盡人事

Mandarin · pinyin jìn rén shì

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4–2–4 · jin4 ren2 shi4

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zeon6 jan4 si6

Cantonese word readings for 盡人事. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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to do what one can (to save a dying person, etc.); to do all that is humanly possible (though with little hope of success)