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像模像樣

简像模像样 · 繁像模像樣

Mandarin · pinyin xiàng mú xiàng yàng

solemn
presentable
decent
Taiwan pr. xiàng mó xiàng yàng

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像: xiàng · a picture, image, figure; to resemble
模: mó · model, standard, pattern; copy
樣: yàng · shape, form, pattern, style
样: yàng · shape, form, pattern, style

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4–2–4–4 · xiang4 mu2 xiang4 yang4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zoeng6 mou4 zoeng6 joeng6

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