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三自

Mandarin · pinyin Sān zì

abbr. for 三自愛國教會 Sān zì Ài guó Jiào huì, Three-Self Patriotic Movement

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三: sān · three
自: zì · self, private, personal; from; Kangxi radical 132

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1–4 · San1 zi4

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noun

(Christianity) three-self: self-governance (自治), self-support (自養), and self-propagation (自傳)

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