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皇帝不急太監急

简皇帝不急太监急 · 繁皇帝不急太監急

Mandarin · pinyin huáng dì bù jí tài jiàn jí

lit. the emperor is not worried, but his eunuchs are (idiom)
fig. the observers are more anxious than the person involved

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皇: huáng · royal, imperial; ruler, superior
帝: dì · supreme ruler, emperor; god
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
急: jí · quick, quickly; urgent, pressing
太: tài · very, too, much; big; extreme
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监: jiān · supervise, control, direct

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2–4–4–2–4–4–2 · huang2 di4 bu4 ji2 tai4 jian4 ji2

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