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反美是工作赴美是生活

Mandarin · pinyin fǎn Měi shì gōng zuò fù Měi shì shēng huó

being anti-American is the job, but life is in America (jocular comment made about public figures who are brazenly xenophobic but whose family live abroad)

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反: fǎn · reverse, opposite, contrary, anti
美: měi · beautiful, pretty; pleasing
是: shì · indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that
工: gōng · labor, work; worker, laborer
作: zuò · make; work; compose, write; act, perform
赴: fù · go to; attend, be present
生: shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth
活: huó · live, exist, survive; lively

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3–3–4–1–4–4–3–4–1–2 · fan3 Mei3 shi4 gong1 zuo4 fu4 Mei3 shi4 sheng1 huo2

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