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絕倒

简绝倒 · 繁絕倒

Mandarin · pinyin jué dǎo

to split one's sides laughing

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倒: dào · fall over; lie down; take turns
绝: jué · to cut, sever, break off, terminate

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2–3 · jue2 dao3

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verb

to prostrate oneself (before someone) in admiration; to greatly admire
to rock or fall to the side from uncontrollable laughter
(literary) to faint and fall to the ground due to extreme grief or anxiety; to fall to the ground and die

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