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雙雙

简双双 · 繁雙雙

Mandarin · pinyin shuāng shuāng

both; together (used to indicate that two people or things do the same thing simultaneously)

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双: shuāng · set of two, pair, couple; both

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1–1 · shuang1 shuang1

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soeng1 soeng1

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adv

in pairs; two by two
both; together

noun

(dialectal Mandarin, Waxiang) twins

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