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災難疲勞
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disaster fatigue, the sense that catastrophic events are never-ending, uncontrollable and overwhelming, which has a negative effect on charitable contributions Also related to donor fatigue (捐款疲勞).
Level: 4 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:災 zoi1 - calamity; disaster; catastrophe難 naan4 naan6 - difficult; unpleasant; calamity; blame 疲 pei4 - tired 勞 lou4 - labour; hard-working; trouble; reward |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.
: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).