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諸君

简诸君 · 繁諸君

Mandarin · pinyin zhū jūn

Gentlemen! (start of a speech)
Ladies and Gentlemen!

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君: jūn · sovereign, monarch, ruler, chief, prince
诸: zhū · various, all, these; surname

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1–1 · zhu1 jun1

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zyu1 gwan1

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noun

(literary, polite, honorific) each of you

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