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傷筋斷骨

简伤筋断骨 · 繁傷筋斷骨

Mandarin · pinyin shāng jīn duàn gǔ

to suffer serious injury (idiom)

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傷: shāng · wound, injury; fall ill from
筋: jīn · muscles; tendons
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骨: gǔ · bone; skeleton; frame, framework; Kangxi radical 188
伤: shāng · wound, injury; fall ill from
断: duàn · sever, cut off; interrupt

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1–1–4–3 · shang1 jin1 duan4 gu3

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soeng1 gan1 tyun5 gwat1

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