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二等車

简二等车 · 繁二等車

Mandarin · pinyin èr děng chē

second-class carriage (of a train)

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二: èr · two; twice
等: děng · rank, grade; to wait; equal, “and so forth”
車: chē · cart, vehicle; carry in a cart; Kangxi radical 159
车: chē · cart, vehicle; carry in cart

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4–3–1 · er4 deng3 che1

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ji6 dang2 ce1

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