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執番條命 (zap1 faan1 tiu4 meng6) — barely escape death; come back from the dead in Cantonese

zapˉ¹執faanˉ¹番tiuˎ₄條mengˍ₆命
简 执番条命
Mandarin Pinyin: zhi2 fan1 tiao2 ming4

Meaning of 執番條命

nounbarely escape death; come back from the dead
nounnarrow escape; close call (spoken)

Characters in 執番條命

執zap1
catch; capture; detain
番faan1
times; -fold; kind/sort of
條tiu4
item; article; clause
命ming6
assign (a name, title, etc)

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