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一而再，再而三

Mandarin · pinyin yī ér zài , zài ér sān

again and again

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一: yī · one; a, an; alone
而: ér · and; and then; and yet; but; Kangxi radical 126
再: zài · again, twice, re-
三: sān · three

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