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不服氣

简不服气 · 繁不服氣

Mandarin · pinyin bù fú qì

unwilling to concede
defiant
indignant
to find it galling

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不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
服: fú · clothes; wear, dress
氣: qì · air, gas, steam, vapor; spirit
气: qì · steam, vapor; Kangxi radical 84

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4–2–4 · bu4 fu2 qi4

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