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一千零一夜

Mandarin · pinyin Yī qiān líng yī yè

One Thousand and One Nights; Arabian Nights

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一: yī · one; a, an; alone
千: qiān · thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler
零: líng · zero; fragment, fraction
夜: yè · night, dark; in night; by night

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1–1–2–1–4 · Yi1 qian1 ling2 yi1 ye4

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jat1 cin1 ling4 jat1 je6

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