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罪惡感

简罪恶感 · 繁罪惡感

Mandarin · pinyin zuì è gǎn

feeling of guilt

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罪: zuì · crime, sin, vice; evil; hardship
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感: gǎn · feel, perceive, emotion
恶: è · evil, wicked, bad, foul

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4–4–3 · zui4 e4 gan3

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zeoi6 ok3 gam2

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noun

sense of guilt; guilty feeling

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