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排憂解難

简排忧解难 · 繁排憂解難

Mandarin · pinyin pái yōu jiě nàn

to resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind (idiom)

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排: pái · row, rank, line
憂: Look up this written character
解: jiě · loosen, unfasten, untie; explain; hexagram ䷧
難: Look up this written character
忧: yōu · sad, grieved; grief, melancholy
难: nán · difficult, arduous, hard; unable

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2–1–3–4 · pai2 you1 jie3 nan4

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paai4 jau1 gaai2 naan4

Cantonese word readings for 排憂解難. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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