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所言非虛

简所言非虚 · 繁所言非虛

Mandarin · pinyin suǒ yán fēi xū

(after a pronoun or name) what (you, they etc) say is true

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所: suǒ · place, location; numerary adjunct
言: yán · words, speech; speak, say; Kangxi radical 149
非: fēi · not, negative, non-; oppose; Kangxi radical 175
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虚: xū · false

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3–2–1–1 · suo3 yan2 fei1 xu1

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