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異人

简异人 · 繁異人

Mandarin · pinyin yì rén

eccentric
unusual person
talented individual

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異: Look up this written character
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
异: yì · different, unusual, strange

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4–2 · yi4 ren2

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noun

(dated) extraordinary person (referring to a supernatural being or an immortal)
(literary) another person

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