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擢髮難數

简擢发难数 · 繁擢髮難數

Mandarin · pinyin zhuó fà nán shǔ

lit. as difficult to count as hair pulled from sb's head (idiom)
fig. innumerable (crimes)

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擢: zhuó · pull up, draw up; select
髮: fà · fǎ · hair
難: Look up this written character
數: shù · number; several; count; fate
发: fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair
难: nán · difficult, arduous, hard; unable
数: shù · number; several, count; fate

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2–4–2–3 · zhuo2 fa4 nan2 shu3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zok6 faat3 naan4 sou3

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(of crimes) innumerable

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