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媒妁之言

Mandarin · pinyin méi shuò zhī yán

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媒: méi · go-between, matchmaker; medium
妁: shuò · act as go-between
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
言: yán · words, speech; speak, say; Kangxi radical 149

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

2–4–1–2 · mei2 shuo4 zhi1 yan2

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