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代字

Mandarin · pinyin dài zì

abbreviated name of an entity (e.g. 皖政, a short name for 安徽省人民政府)
code name
(old) pronoun

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代: dài · replace, replacement (of person or generation); era, generation
字: zì · letter, character, word

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4–4 · dai4 zi4

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