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巧人

Mandarin · pinyin qiǎo rén

Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid (Tw)

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巧: qiǎo · skillful, ingenious, clever
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else

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3–2 · qiao3 ren2

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