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告密者

Mandarin · pinyin gào mì zhě

tell-tale
informer (esp. to police)
whistleblower
grass

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告: gào · tell, announce, inform; accuse
密: mì · dense, thick, close; intimate
者: zhě · that which; he who; those who

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4–4–3 · gao4 mi4 zhe3

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