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虎口餘生

简虎口余生 · 繁虎口餘生

Mandarin · pinyin hǔ kǒu yú shēng

lit. to escape from the tiger's mouth (idiom)
fig. to narrowly escape death

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虎: hǔ · tiger; brave, fierce; surname
口: kǒu · mouth; open end; entrance, gate
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生: shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth
余: yú · I, my, me; surname; surplus

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3–3–2–1 · hu3 kou3 yu2 sheng1

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fu2 hau2 jyu4 sang1

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(idiomatic) to survive a disaster; to have a narrow escape

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