Short-lived in Chinese
short-lived · HSK 7–9
短暂
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- 短 short
- 暂 temporary
我们在北京短暂停留了两天。 We made a brief two-day stop in Beijing.
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Short-lived in Chinese is 短暂 (duǎn zàn).
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