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毫髮無傷

简毫发无伤 · 繁毫髮無傷

Mandarin · pinyin háo fà wú shāng

(idiom) unscathed; unharmed; without a scratch

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毫: háo · fine hair; measure of length
髮: fà · fǎ · hair
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傷: shāng · wound, injury; fall ill from
发: fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair
无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
伤: shāng · wound, injury; fall ill from

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2–4–2–1 · hao2 fa4 wu2 shang1

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hou4 faat3 mou4 soeng1

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(idiomatic) safe and sound; none the worse for wear; without a scratch; unscathed

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