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危難

ngai4 naan6

wei1 nan4

danger and disaster; calamity

Level: 3

危難

危 ngai4 wei1 (PRC), wei2 (Taiwan), - dangerous; endanger; high
難 naan4 naan6 no4 lo4 nan2 nuo2 nuo3 {nan4} - difficult, hard; calamity, disaster

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危難中，"有子不需父上前"；搶險時，"上陣不離父子兵"。 edit
A son would would protect his father and face the danger himself; but in times of emergency, both son and father would fight the battle together.

This word was added by bybell on 21st Dec 2007

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