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情急之下

Mandarin · pinyin qíng jí zhī xià

in a moment of desperation

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情: qíng · feeling, sentiment, emotion
急: jí · quick, quickly; urgent, pressing
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
下: xià · under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down

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2–2–1–4 · qing2 ji2 zhi1 xia4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cing4 gap1 zi1 haa6

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