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吃裡爬外

简吃里爬外 · 繁吃裡爬外

Mandarin · pinyin chī lǐ pá wài

variant of 吃裡扒外 chī lǐ pá wài

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吃: chī · eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear
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爬: pá · crawl, creep; climb; scramble
外: wài · out, outside, external; foreign
里: lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166

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1–3–2–4 · chi1 li3 pa2 wai4

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