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大丈夫

Mandarin · pinyin dà zhàng fu

a manly man
a man of character

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
丈: zhàng · unit of length equal 3.3 meters; gentleman, man, husband
夫: fū · man, male adult, husband; those

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4–4–5 · da4 zhang4 fu5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

daai6 zoeng6 fu1

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noun · Etymology 1

real man; man of character

adj · Etymology 2

(Internet slang, ACG) all right; okay

verb · Etymology 2

(Taiwanese Hokkien) to be OK; to be all right; to be out of danger or trouble; to be fine

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