漫無邊際

简 漫无边际 · 繁 漫無邊際
Mandarin · pinyin màn wú biān jì

Meanings

  1. extremely vast
  2. boundless
  3. limitless
  4. digressing
  5. discursive
  6. going off on tangents
  7. straying far off topic
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漫
màn · overflow of water; spreading
無
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邊
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際
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无
wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
边
biān · edge, margin, side, border
际
jì · border, boundary, juncture
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4–2–1–4 · man4 wu2 bian1 ji4

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maan6 mou4 bin1 zai3

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漫無邊際 · man4 wu2 bian1 ji4
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Exact source record漫無邊際 漫无边际 [man4 wu2 bian1 ji4] /extremely vast/boundless/limitless/digressing/discursive/going off on tangents/straying far off topic/