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凡

Mandarin · pinyin fán

ordinary
commonplace
mundane
temporal
of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels)
every
all
whatever
altogether
gist
outline
note of Chinese musical scale

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凡: fán · all, any, every; ordinary, common

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2 · fan2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

faan4

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character · Etymology 1

in general; every, all, any; indicates that the statement applies generally, to all cases.
altogether; in total (of numbers)
ordinary; commonplace
worldly; mortal; earthly
(literary) outline; gist
a surname

character · Etymology 2

(music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note fa (4).

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