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蒼蠅不叮無縫蛋
简 苍蝇不叮无缝蛋 · 繁 蒼蠅不叮無縫蛋Mandarin · pinyin cāng ying bù dīng wú fèng dàn
Meanings
- lit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom)
- fig. no smoke without a fire
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- 蒼
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- 蠅
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- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 叮
- dīng · exhort or enjoin repeatedly
- 無
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- 縫
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- 蛋
- dàn · eggs; term of abuse
- 苍
- cāng · blue; green
- 蝇
- yíng · flies
- 无
- wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
- 缝
- fèng · sew, mend
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1–5–4–1–2–4–4 · cang1 ying5 bu4 ding1 wu2 feng4 dan4
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