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人流

Mandarin · pinyin rén liú

stream of people
abortion
abbr. for 人工流產 rén gōng liú chǎn

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人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
流: liú · flow, circulate, drift; class

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2–2 · ren2 liu2

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jan4 lau4

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noun

a stream of people; crowd
flow of people; passage of people
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 人工流產／人工流产 (réngōng liúchǎn, “abortion (of an unborn baby)”)

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