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曠日持久

简旷日持久 · 繁曠日持久

Mandarin · pinyin kuàng rì chí jiǔ

protracted (idiom)
long and drawn-out

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日: rì · sun; day; daytime
持: chí · sustain, support; hold, grasp
久: jiǔ · long time (ago); time passage, grow late
旷: kuàng · extensive, wide, broad; empty

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4–4–2–3 · kuang4 ri4 chi2 jiu3

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kwong3 jat6 ci4 gau2

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(idiomatic) long-drawn-out; protracted

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