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五行缺水 (ng5 hang4 kyut3 seoi2) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

五行缺水 (ng5 hang4 kyut3 seoi2, wǔ xíng quē shuǐ) — a humorous way of saying that somebody lacks money; literally 'lacking the element of water'

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beyond HSK

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