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一言一行

Mandarin · pinyin yī yán yī xíng

every word and action (idiom)

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一: yī · one; a, an; alone
言: yán · words, speech; speak, say; Kangxi radical 149
行: xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144

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1–2–1–2 · yi1 yan2 yi1 xing2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jat1 jin4 jat1 hang4

Cantonese word readings for 一言一行. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(literary) a word and an action
(idiomatic) every word and action; words and deeds; what one says and does

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