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番番

Mandarin · pinyin fān fān

time and time again

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番: fān · to take turns; a turn, a time; to repeat

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1–1 · fan1 fan1

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adv

time after time; again and again

noun

every time; everything

adj

(literary) valiant; courageous

adj

(literary) alternative form of 皤皤 (pópó, “white; whitehaired”)

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