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长吁短叹

cháng duǎn tàn long moan and short gasp (idiom); continually moaning and groaning in pain
cháng long / (bound form) length / (bound form) strong point; forte / (bound form) to be good at / (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
zhǎng chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance
  sh / hush
  variant of
  to implore
   duǎn short / brief / to lack / weak point / fault
    tàn to sigh / to exclaim
    tàn variant of
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