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請求寬恕

简请求宽恕 · 繁請求寬恕

Mandarin · pinyin qǐng qiú kuān shù

to sue for mercy
to ask for forgiveness
begging for magnanimity

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請: qǐng · ask, request; invite; please
求: qiú · seek; demand, request; beseech
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恕: shù · forgive, excuse, show mercy
请: qǐng · ask, request; invite; please
宽: kuān · broad, wide; spacious, vast

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3–2–1–4 · qing3 qiu2 kuan1 shu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cing2 kau4 fun1 syu3

Cantonese word readings for 請求寬恕. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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