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走鬼

Mandarin · pinyin zǒu guǐ

unlicensed street vendor

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走: zǒu · walk, go on foot; run; leave; Kangxi radical 156
鬼: guǐ · ghost; spirit of dead; devil; Kangxi radical 194; 23rd lunar mansion, determinative star θ Cancri

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3–3 · zou3 gui3

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