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Qin Duan Zhu Xian, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q í NDU à nzh à Xi á n, which refers to the death of a woman's husband. From the palace of eternal life · xing'en.
The origin of Idioms
In the palace of eternal life · xing'en written by Hong Sheng in Qing Dynasty, it is said that "unfortunately, Wen Jun has been widowed for a long time."
Idiom usage
The subject predicate pattern refers to the death of a husband
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long-drawn and tedious documents - cháng piān lěi dú
a minister without support at court and a prince born of a concubine fallen from grace - gū chén niè zǐ
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