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要死不活

Mandarin · pinyin yào sǐ bù huó

Meanings

  1. half dead
  2. more dead than alive
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要
yào · necessary, essential; necessity
死
sǐ · die; dead; death
不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
活
huó · live, exist, survive; lively
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4–3–4–2 · yao4 si3 bu4 huo2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jiu3 sei2 bat1 wut6

Cantonese word readings for 要死不活. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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jiu3 sei2 bat1 wut6

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