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蘭艾同焚

简兰艾同焚 · 繁蘭艾同焚

Mandarin · pinyin lán ài tóng fén

lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom); fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common
the rain falls on the just and unjust alike

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2–4–2–2 · lan2 ai4 tong2 fen2

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laan4 ngaai6 tung4 fan4

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