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喪魂失魄

简丧魂失魄 · 繁喪魂失魄

Mandarin · pinyin sàng hún shī pò

(idiom) out of one's senses; shaken to the core; dazed

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魂: hún · soul, spirit
失: shī · lose; make mistake, neglect
魄: pò · vigor; body; dark part of moon
丧: sàng · mourning; mourn; funeral

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4–2–1–4 · sang4 hun2 shi1 po4

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song3 wan4 sat1 paak3

Cantonese word readings for 喪魂失魄. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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