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緩急相濟

简缓急相济 · 繁緩急相濟

Mandarin · pinyin huǎn jí xiāng jì

to help one another in difficulty
mutual assistance in extremity

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緩: Look up this written character
急: jí · quick, quickly; urgent, pressing
相: xiāng · mutual, reciprocal, each other
濟: Look up this written character
缓: huǎn · slow, leisurely; to postpone, delay
济: jì · help, aid, relieve; ferry, cross

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3–2–1–4 · huan3 ji2 xiang1 ji4

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wun6 gap1 soeng1 zai3

Cantonese word readings for 緩急相濟. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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