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無疾而終

简无疾而终 · 繁無疾而終

Mandarin · pinyin wú jí ér zhōng

(lit.) to die without illness (idiom)
(fig.) to result in failure (without any outside interference); to come to nothing; to fizzle out

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無: Look up this written character
疾: jí · illness, disease, sickness; to hate
而: ér · and; and then; and yet; but; Kangxi radical 126
終: Look up this written character
无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
终: zhōng · end; finally, in the end

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2–2–2–1 · wu2 ji2 er2 zhong1

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mou4 zat6 ji4 zung1

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(idiomatic) to die without illness
(of a matter) to end while unfinished

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