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三句話不離本行

简三句话不离本行 · 繁三句話不離本行

Mandarin · pinyin sān jù huà bù lí běn háng

to talk shop all the time (idiom)

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三: sān · three
句: jù · sentence
話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
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本: běn · root, origin, source; basis
行: xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
话: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
离: lí · rare beast; strange; elegant

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1–4–4–4–2–3–2 · san1 ju4 hua4 bu4 li2 ben3 hang2

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