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龙口夺食
lóng​kǒu​duó​shí

to harvest hurriedly before rain

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
龙口夺食 龍口奪食 lóng​kǒu​duó​shí
to harvest hurriedly before rain
to rush to gather the crops before a rainstorm arrives; literally to snatch food from the mouth of a dragon

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