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俗世奇人

Mandarin · pinyin sú shì qí rén

Extraordinary people in our ordinary world, short stories by novelist Feng Jicai 馮驥才 Féng Jì cái

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俗: sú · social customs; vulgar, unrefined
世: shì · generation; world; era
奇: qí · strange, unusual, uncanny, occult
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else

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2–4–2–2 · su2 shi4 qi2 ren2

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zuk6 sai3 kei4 jan4

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