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Mandarin · pinyin chuán huà rén

messenger
communicator
relay

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傳: chuán · summon; propagate, transmit
話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
传: chuán · summon; propagate, transmit
话: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect

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2–4–2 · chuan2 hua4 ren2

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