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俯拾皆是

Mandarin · pinyin fǔ shí jiē shì

lit. so numerous that one could just bend down and pick them up (idiom)
fig. extremely common; easily available

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俯: fǔ · bow down, face down, look down
拾: shí · pick up, collect, tidy up; accounting form of the numeral ten
皆: jiē · all, every, everybody
是: shì · indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that

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3–2–1–4 · fu3 shi2 jie1 shi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fu2 sap6 gaai1 si6

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(idiomatic) to be numerous and easy to get

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