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久別重逢

简久别重逢 · 繁久別重逢

Mandarin · pinyin jiǔ bié chóng féng

to meet again after a long period of separation

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久: jiǔ · long time (ago); time passage, grow late
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重: zhòng · heavy, weighty; double
逢: féng · come upon, happen meet; flatter
别: bié · separate, other; do not

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3–2–2–2 · jiu3 bie2 chong2 feng2

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gau2 bit6 cung4 fung4

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