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沒關係

简没关系 · 繁沒關係

Mandarin · pinyin méi guān xi

it doesn't matter

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沒: méi · not, have not, none; to drown, sink
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没: méi · not, have not, none; drown, sink
关: guān · frontier pass; close; relation
系: xì · system; line, link, connection

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2–1–5 · mei2 guan1 xi5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mut6 gwaan1 hai6

Cantonese word readings for 沒關係. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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intj

(colloquial) no problem; it doesn't matter; no need to say thanks, apologize or assist (said in reply to an expression of gratitude, regret, willingness to help, etc.)

verb

to have nothing to do with; to matter little; to be irrelevant

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