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Mandarin · pinyin sān zì jīng#

(slang) swearword
four-letter word

Mandarin · pinyin Sān zì Jīng#

Three Character Classic, 13th century reading primer consisting of Confucian tenets in lines of 3 characters

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三: sān · three
字: zì · letter, character, word
經: Look up this written character
经: jīng · classic works; pass through

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Mandarin tones

1–4–1 · san1 zi4 jing1

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name

(literature) the Three Character Classic (a classic Chinese text)

noun

(idiomatic) swear words

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