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體無完膚

简体无完肤 · 繁體無完膚

Mandarin · pinyin tǐ wú wán fū

lit. cuts and bruises all over (idiom); fig. totally refuted

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體: tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit
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完: wán · complete, finish, settle; whole
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体: tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit; inferior
无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
肤: fū · skin; superficial, shallow

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3–2–2–1 · ti3 wu2 wan2 fu1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

tai2 mou4 jyun4 fu1

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(idiomatic) cuts and bruises all over; severely injured
(figurative) completely refuted; scathingly criticised; to be picked to pieces

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