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怙惡不悛

简怙恶不悛 · 繁怙惡不悛

Mandarin · pinyin hù è bù quān

to keep doing evil without a sense of repentance (idiom)

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怙: hù · rely on, presume on; persist in
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不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
悛: quān · repent, reform
恶: è · evil, wicked, bad, foul

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4–4–4–1 · hu4 e4 bu4 quan1

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wu6 ok3 bat1 syun1

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(idiomatic) to keep doing evil without a sense of repentance

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