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父母雙亡

简父母双亡 · 繁父母雙亡

Mandarin · pinyin fù mǔ shuāng wáng

to have lost both one's parents

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父: fù · father; Kangxi radical 88
母: mǔ · mother; female elders; female
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亡: wáng · death, destroyed; lose, perish
双: shuāng · set of two, pair, couple; both

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4–3–1–2 · fu4 mu3 shuang1 wang2

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