弱不禁風
简 弱不禁风 · 繁 弱不禁風Meanings
- (lit.) too weak to stand up to the wind (idiom)
- (fig.) extremely delicate; fragile
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4–4–1–1 · ruo4 bu4 jin1 feng1
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joek6 bat1 kam1 fung1
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- (idiomatic) having so delicate a constitution as to be unable to stand any breeze; being too frail to withstand even a gust of wind (of a person, e.g. a woman or a patient, of a structure, etc.)
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