See 苟延殘喘 on Wiktionary
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"english": "Could you not let me quickly get into your bag, so that I may prolong my threatened life? Later on if I get out alive, I will be indebted to you for saving my life, and I will certainly do everything in my power to repay your kindness, no less than did the snake and the tortoise for their benefactors.",
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"text": "何不使我得早處囊中，以苟延殘喘乎？異時倘得脫穎而出，先生之恩，生死而肉骨也。敢不努力以效龜蛇之誠！",
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"text": "何不使我得早处囊中，以苟延残喘乎？异时倘得脱颖而出，先生之恩，生死而肉骨也。敢不努力以效龟蛇之诚！",
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"zh_pron": "ㄍㄡˇ ㄧㄢˊ ㄘㄢˊ ㄔㄨㄢˇ"
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"zh_pron": "goouyantsarnchoan"
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"zh_pron": "гоуяньцаньчуань"
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"ipa": "/koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵ t͡sʰän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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"zh_pron": "geo² yin⁴ cen⁴ qun²"
},
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"english": "Could you not let me quickly get into your bag, so that I may prolong my threatened life? Later on if I get out alive, I will be indebted to you for saving my life, and I will certainly do everything in my power to repay your kindness, no less than did the snake and the tortoise for their benefactors.",
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"text": "何不使我得早處囊中，以苟延殘喘乎？異時倘得脫穎而出，先生之恩，生死而肉骨也。敢不努力以效龜蛇之誠！",
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"english": "Could you not let me quickly get into your bag, so that I may prolong my threatened life? Later on if I get out alive, I will be indebted to you for saving my life, and I will certainly do everything in my power to repay your kindness, no less than did the snake and the tortoise for their benefactors.",
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"text": "何不使我得早处囊中，以苟延残喘乎？异时倘得脱颖而出，先生之恩，生死而肉骨也。敢不努力以效龟蛇之诚！",
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"zh_pron": "gǒuyáncánchuǎn"
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"zh_pron": "ㄍㄡˇ ㄧㄢˊ ㄘㄢˊ ㄔㄨㄢˇ"
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"Jyutping"
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"zh_pron": "gau² jin⁴ can⁴ cyun²"
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"zh_pron": "ㄍㄡˇ ㄧㄢˊ ㄘㄢˊ ㄔㄨㄢˇ"
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"zh_pron": "gǒuyáncánchuǎn"
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"zh_pron": "kou³-yen²-tsʻan²-chʻuan³"
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],
"zh_pron": "gǒu-yán-tsán-chwǎn"
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"zh_pron": "goouyantsarnchoan"
},
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"zh_pron": "гоуяньцаньчуань"
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"ipa": "/koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵ t͡sʰän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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"zh_pron": "geo² yin⁴ cen⁴ qun²"
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"ipa": "/kɐu̯³⁵ jiːn²¹ t͡sʰɐn²¹ t͡sʰyːn³⁵/",
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