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勤儉樸實

简勤俭朴实 · 繁勤儉樸實

Mandarin · pinyin qín jiǎn pǔ shí

hardworking, thrifty and unpretentious

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勤: qín · industrious, diligent, attentive
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實: shí · real, true, solid, honest
俭: jiǎn · temperate, frugal, economical
朴: pǔ · simple, unadorned; sincere; surname; a tree
实: shí · real, true; honest, sincere

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2–3–3–2 · qin2 jian3 pu3 shi2

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gim6 kan4 pok3 sat6

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