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付之度外

Mandarin · pinyin fù zhī dù wài

to think nothing of doing sth (idiom)
to do sth without considering the risks
to leave out of consideration

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付: fù · give, deliver, pay, hand over; entrust
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
度: dù · degree, system; manner; to consider
外: wài · out, outside, external; foreign

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4–1–4–4 · fu4 zhi1 du4 wai4

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fu6 zi1 dou6 ngoi6

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