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五色繽紛

简五色缤纷 · 繁五色繽紛

Mandarin · pinyin wǔ sè bīn fēn

all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display

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五: wǔ · five; surname
色: sè · color, tint, hue, shade; form, body; beauty, desire for beauty; Kangxi radical 139
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缤: bīn · flourishing, thriving, abundant
纷: fēn · in disorder, scattered, tangled

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3–4–1–1 · wu3 se4 bin1 fen1

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ng5 sik1 ban1 fan1

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