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人言嘖嘖

简人言啧啧 · 繁人言嘖嘖

Mandarin · pinyin rén yán zé zé

everyone comments disapprovingly (idiom)

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人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
言: yán · words, speech; speak, say; Kangxi radical 149
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啧: zé · interjection of approval or admiration

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2–2–2–2 · ren2 yan2 ze2 ze2

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