神仙難救

简 神仙难救 · 繁 神仙難救
Cantonese · source Jyutpingsan4 sin1 naan4 gau3

Meanings

  1. no one can help even the god; beyond redemption
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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

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Same syllable, six tones

naannaan1—naan2—naan3—难naan4difficult赧naan5blushing with shamenaan6—

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: shen2 xian5 nan2 jiu4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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CC-Canto · Pleco Inc. · edition 2017-02-02
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Exact source record & identity神仙難救 神仙难救 [shen2 xian5 nan2 jiu4] {san4 sin1 naan4 gau3} /no one can help even the god; beyond redemption/

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