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淒惶

简凄惶 · 繁淒惶

Mandarin · pinyin qī huáng

distressed and terrified
distraught (literary)

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惶: huáng · fearful, afraid, anxious, nervous
凄: qī · bitter cold, miserable, dreary

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1–2 · qi1 huang2

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cai1 wong4

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