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斷港絕潢

简断港绝潢 · 繁斷港絕潢

Mandarin · pinyin duàn gǎng jué huáng

to be unable to continue
to come to a dead end (idiom)

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港: gǎng · port, harbor; small stream; bay
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潢: huáng · expanse of water, lake, pond
断: duàn · sever, cut off; interrupt
绝: jué · to cut, sever, break off, terminate

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4–3–2–2 · duan4 gang3 jue2 huang2

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dyun6 gong2 zyut6 wong4

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