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萬夫不當

简万夫不当 · 繁萬夫不當

Mandarin · pinyin wàn fū bù dāng

lit. unbeatable by even 10,000 men (idiom)
fig. extremely brave and strong

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萬: Look up this written character
夫: fū · man, male adult, husband; those
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
當: dāng · bear, accept, undertake; just
万: wàn · mò · ten thousand; innumerable
当: dāng · bear, accept, undertake; just

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4–1–4–1 · wan4 fu1 bu4 dang1

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maan6 fu1 bat1 dong1

Cantonese word readings for 萬夫不當. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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