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價值連城

简价值连城 · 繁價值連城

Mandarin · pinyin jià zhí lián chéng

invaluable
priceless

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價: jià · price, value
值: zhí · price
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城: chéng · castle; city, town; municipality
价: jià · price, value
连: lián · join, connect; continuous; even

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4–2–2–2 · jia4 zhi2 lian2 cheng2

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gaa3 zik6 lin4 sing4

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phrase

(idiomatic) highly precious; invaluable; priceless

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