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內急

简内急 · 繁內急

Mandarin · pinyin nèi jí

to need to answer the call of nature

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內: nèi · inside, interior; domestic
急: jí · quick, quickly; urgent, pressing
内: nèi · inside

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4–2 · nei4 ji2

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verb

(euphemistic) to be dying for the toilet; to want to go to the bathroom urgently

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