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正大光明
Mandarin · pinyin zhèng dà guāng míng
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- just and honorable
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4–4–1–2 · zheng4 da4 guang1 ming2
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- (idiomatic) synonym of 光明正大 (guāngmíngzhèngdà, “high-principled; open and aboveboard; just and honorable; frank and righteous; without artifice”)
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