Wake-up call in Chinese
(fig.) wake-up call · HSK 7–9
警钟
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- 警 police
- 钟 clock
这次失败给我们敲响了警钟。 This failure was a wake-up call for us.
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Wake-up call in Chinese is 警钟 (jǐng zhōng).
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