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連滾帶爬

简连滚带爬 · 繁連滾帶爬

Mandarin · pinyin lián gǔn dài pá

(idiom) stumbling and crawling; scrambling; frantically trying to escape

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爬: pá · crawl, creep; climb; scramble
连: lián · join, connect; continuous; even
滚: gǔn · turn
带: dài · belt, girdle, band, strap, zone

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2–3–4–2 · lian2 gun3 dai4 pa2

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lin4 gwan2 daai3 paa4

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(idiomatic) rolling and crawling (describes a scene in which people are chaotically fleeing every which way from danger)

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