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危重病人

Mandarin · pinyin wēi zhòng bìng rén

critically ill patient

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危: wēi · dangerous, precarious; high; 12th lunar mansion, determinative star α Aquarii (Sadalmelik)
重: zhòng · heavy, weighty; double
病: bìng · illness, sickness, disease
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else

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1–4–4–2 · wei1 zhong4 bing4 ren2

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ngai4 zung6 beng6 jan4

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