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危而不持
Mandarin · pinyin wēi ér bù chí
Meanings
- national danger, but no support (idiom, from Analects); the future of the nation is at stake but no-one comes to the rescue
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1–2–4–2 · wei1 er2 bu4 chi2
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ngai4 ji4 bat1 ci4
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