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三人行，則必有我師

简三人行，则必有我师 · 繁三人行，則必有我師

Mandarin · pinyin sān rén xíng , zé bì yǒu wǒ shī

If three walk together, one of them can teach me sth (Confucius)

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三: sān · three
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
行: xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
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必: bì · surely, most certainly; must
有: yǒu · have, own, possess; exist
我: wǒ · our, us, i, me, my, we
師: shī · teacher, master, specialist; multitude, troops; hexagram ䷆
则: zé · rule, law, regulation; grades
师: shī · teacher, master, specialist

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