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加人一等

Mandarin · pinyin jiā rén yī děng

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加: jiā · add to, increase, augment
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
一: yī · one; a, an; alone
等: děng · rank, grade; to wait; equal, “and so forth”

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1–2–1–3 · jia1 ren2 yi1 deng3

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