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單打獨鬥

简单打独斗 · 繁單打獨鬥

Mandarin · pinyin dān dǎ dú dòu

to fight alone (idiom)

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打: dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
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单: dān · single, individual, only; lone
独: dú · alone, single, solitary, only
斗: dòu · dǒu · a dipper; unit of volume (ten 升 or litres); Kangxi radical 68; 8th lunar mansion, determinative star φ Sagittarii

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1–3–2–4 · dan1 da3 du2 dou4

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daan1 daa2 duk6 dau3

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(idiomatic) to fight alone

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