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惡鬥

简恶斗 · 繁惡鬥

Mandarin · pinyin è dòu

hard fighting
fierce battle

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恶: è · evil, wicked, bad, foul
斗: dòu · dǒu · a dipper; unit of volume (ten 升 or litres); Kangxi radical 68; 8th lunar mansion, determinative star φ Sagittarii

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4–4 · e4 dou4

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