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胡越

Mandarin · pinyin hú yuè#

large distance
disaster
calamity

Mandarin · pinyin Hú Yuè#

the peoples north, west and south of China

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胡: hú · recklessly, foolishly; wildly
越: yuè · exceed, go beyond; the more ...

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2–4 · hu2 yue4

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noun

(historical) non-Han peoples living separately to China's north and south
(literary, figurative) indifferent people; unrelated persons

verb

(literary, figurative) to be far apart; to be distantly separated

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