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後繼乏人

简后继乏人 · 繁後繼乏人

Mandarin · pinyin hòu jì fá rén

see 後繼無人 hòu jì wú rén

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後: hòu · behind, rear, after; descendents
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乏: fá · lack; poor
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
后: hòu · queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after
继: jì · continue, maintain, carry on

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4–4–2–2 · hou4 ji4 fa2 ren2

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hau6 gai3 fat6 jan4

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