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次第

Mandarin · pinyin cì dì

order
sequence
one after another

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次: cì · order, sequence; next
第: dì · sequence, number; grade, degree

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4–4 · ci4 di4

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noun

(literary) order; sequence
(obsolete) circumstances; situation

verb

(literary) to sort; to arrange ... in order

adv

(literary) one after another; in turn

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