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无端一线生机 (Help with a sentence)


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22:43 Jan 6, 2009
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Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
Chinese term or phrase: 无端一线生机 (Help with a sentence)
I could really use some help with this sentence, especially this phrase. Here's the complete sentence.

今日中国,学堂甫立,才有萌芽,无端一线生机,又被遏绝,何异劝人培养,而先绝咨粮。
Germaine A Hoston
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4sudden glimpse of survivalwsallyw


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11 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sudden glimpse of survival


Explanation:
无端 means endless however in this case its like suddenly of course 一线生机 means the the slightest chacne of survival so in terms of English it should be sudden glimpse of survival in this case

wsallyw
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