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喪盡天良

简丧尽天良 · 繁喪盡天良

Mandarin · pinyin sàng jìn tiān liáng

devoid of conscience (idiom); utterly heartless

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天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
良: liáng · good, virtuous, respectable
丧: sàng · mourning; mourn; funeral
尽: jǐn · exhaust, use up; deplete

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4–4–1–2 · sang4 jin4 tian1 liang2

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song3 zeon6 tin1 loeng4

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(idiomatic) to be utterly devoid of conscience; to be extremely vicious and evil

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