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告罄

Mandarin · pinyin gào qìng

to run out
to have exhausted

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告: gào · tell, announce, inform; accuse
罄: qìng · exhaust, run out, use up; empty

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4–4 · gao4 qing4

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gou3 hing3

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verb

(formal) to be all used up; to run out; (of tickets) to be all sold out

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