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意味深長

简 意味深长 · 繁 意味深長
Mandarin · pinyin yì wèi shēn cháng

Meanings

  1. profound
  2. significant
  3. meaningful
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Characters in this entry

意
yì · thought, idea, opinion; think
味
wèi · taste, smell, odor; delicacy
深
shēn · deep; depth; far; very, extreme
長
zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
长
zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader
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Mandarin tones

4–4–1–2 · yi4 wei4 shen1 chang2

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ji3 mei6 sam1 coeng4

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to have profound meanings; to be thought-provoking

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