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一席之地

Mandarin · pinyin yī xí zhī dì

(acknowledged) place
a role to play
niche

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一: yī · one; a, an; alone
席: xí · seat; mat; take seat; banquet
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
地: de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region

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1–2–1–4 · yi1 xi2 zhi1 di4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jat1 zik6 zi1 dei6

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(idiomatic) small space; niche

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