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單獨

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Mandarin · pinyin dān dú

alone
by oneself
on one's own

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单: dān · single, individual, only; lone
独: dú · alone, single, solitary, only

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1–2 · dan1 du2

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daan1 duk6

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adj

individual; single; respective; independent

adv

alone; by oneself; solitary
(literary) alone with no family

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