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難捨難離

简 难舍难离 · 繁 難捨難離
Mandarin · pinyin nán shě nán lí

Meanings

  1. loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate
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难
nán · difficult, arduous, hard; unable
舍
shě · shè · house, dwelling; dwell, reside
离
lí · rare beast; strange; elegant
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Mandarin tones

2–3–2–2 · nan2 she3 nan2 li2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

naan4 se2 naan4 lei4

Cantonese word readings for 難捨難離. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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naan4 se2 naan4 lei4

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難捨難離 · nan2 she3 nan2 li2
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Exact source record難捨難離 难舍难离 [nan2 she3 nan2 li2] /loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate/