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似地

Mandarin · pinyin shì de

(used to form an adverbial phrase X + 似地 shì de) like (X); as if (X)
Taiwan pr. sìde

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似: sì · resemble, similar to; as if, seem
地: de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region

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4–5 · shi4 de5

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