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適人

简适人 · 繁適人

Mandarin · pinyin shì rén

(said of a woman) to marry (old)

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人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
适: shì · kuò · go, reach; appropriate, suitable

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4–2 · shi4 ren2

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