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存亡攸關

简存亡攸关 · 繁存亡攸關

Mandarin · pinyin cún wáng yōu guān

a make-or-break matter
a matter of life and death

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存: cún · exist, live, be; survive; remain
亡: wáng · death, destroyed; lose, perish
攸: yōu · distant, far; adverbial prefix
關: Look up this written character
关: guān · frontier pass; close; relation

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2–2–1–1 · cun2 wang2 you1 guan1

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cyun4 mong4 jau4 gwaan1

Cantonese word readings for 存亡攸關. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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