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碩果僅存

简硕果仅存 · 繁碩果僅存

Mandarin · pinyin shuò guǒ jǐn cún

only remaining of the great (idiom); one of the few greats extant

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碩: Look up this written character
果: guǒ · fruit; result
僅: Look up this written character
存: cún · exist, live, be; survive; remain
硕: shuò · great, eminent; large, big
仅: jǐn · only, merely, solely, just

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4–3–3–2 · shuo4 guo3 jin3 cun2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sek6 gwo2 gan2 cyun4

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(idiomatic) the final and rare survivors

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