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长吁短叹
cháng xū duǎn tàn
What 长吁短叹 means
- long moan and short gasp (idiom); continually moaning and groaning in pain
The characters in 长吁短叹
- 长chánglong; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte
- 吁yùto implore
- 短duǎnshort; brief; to lack
- 叹tànto sigh; to exclaim
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