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連書

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Mandarin · pinyin lián shū

to write without lifting one's pen from the paper
(in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)

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连: lián · join, connect; continuous; even
书: shū · book, letter, document; writings

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2–1 · lian2 shu1

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