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萬劫不復

简万劫不复 · 繁萬劫不復

Mandarin · pinyin wàn jié bù fù

consigned to eternal damnation
with no hope of reprieve

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萬: Look up this written character
劫: jié · take by force, coerce; disaster
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
復: Look up this written character
万: wàn · mò · ten thousand; innumerable
复: fù · return; repeat; repeatedly

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4–2–4–4 · wan4 jie2 bu4 fu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

maan6 gip3 bat1 fuk6

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(idiomatic) to be doomed eternally; to be beyond redemption; to be never able to recover

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