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傷不起

简伤不起 · 繁傷不起

Mandarin · pinyin shāng bù qǐ

(slang) it's just the pits!
so unfair!
unbearable

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傷: shāng · wound, injury; fall ill from
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
起: qǐ · rise, stand up; go up; begin
伤: shāng · wound, injury; fall ill from

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1–4–3 · shang1 bu4 qi3

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soeng1 bat1 hei2

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(neologism) (my life is) unfuckable; too vulnerable; too delicate for me to "suffer" from this

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