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一箭之仇

Mandarin · pinyin yī jiàn zhī chóu

a wrong suffered (idiom)
old grievance
previous defeat

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一: yī · one; a, an; alone
箭: jiàn · arrow; type of bamboo
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
仇: chóu · enemy, hate, hatred, enmity

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1–4–1–2 · yi1 jian4 zhi1 chou2

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