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叢生

简丛生 · 繁叢生

Mandarin · pinyin cóng shēng

growing as a thicket
overgrown
breaking out everywhere (of disease, social disorder etc)

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生: shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth
丛: cóng · bush, shrub; thicket; collection

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2–1 · cong2 sheng1

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cung4 sang1

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verb

(of plants) to grow thickly; to grow in clusters; to grow in clumps
to break out in profusion (of diseases, etc.)

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