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滿打滿算

简满打满算 · 繁滿打滿算

Mandarin · pinyin mǎn dǎ mǎn suàn

taking everything into account (idiom)
when all is said and done

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滿: mǎn · fill; full, satisfied
打: dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
算: suàn · count, calculate, figure; plan
满: mǎn · fill; full, satisfied

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3–3–3–4 · man3 da3 man3 suan4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mun5 daa2 mun5 syun3

Cantonese word readings for 滿打滿算. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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