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一大通

Mandarin · pinyin yī dà tōng

(coll.) a whole lot of ...; an endless stream of ... (used in relation to excessive or tedious amounts of talk, explanations, complaints etc)

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一: yī · one; a, an; alone
大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
通: tōng · pass through; common; communicate

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1–4–1 · yi1 da4 tong1

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