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絕處逢生

简绝处逢生 · 繁絕處逢生

Mandarin · pinyin jué chù féng shēng

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2–4–2–1 · jue2 chu4 feng2 sheng1

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zyut6 cyu5 fung4 sang1

Cantonese word readings for 絕處逢生. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

zyut6 cyu3 fung4 sang1

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

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(idiomatic) to get saved at a critical moment; to survive a crisis; to be unexpectedly rescued from a desperate situation