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Mandarin · pinyin háo wú bǎo liú

to hold nothing back
without reservation

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毫: háo · fine hair; measure of length
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保: bǎo · protect, safeguard, defend, care
留: liú · stop, halt; stay, detain, keep
无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71

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2–2–3–2 · hao2 wu2 bao3 liu2

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