僅存

简 仅存 · 繁 僅存
Mandarin · pinyin jǐn cún

Meanings

  1. to be the only one(s) remaining; to be the only one(s) surviving
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僅
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存
cún · exist, live, be; survive; remain
仅
jǐn · only, merely, solely, just
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3–2 · jin3 cun2

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gan2 cyun4

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adj

  1. (literary) sole remaining

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