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Mandarin · pinyin wài wén xì

department of foreign languages
modern languages (college department)

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外: wài · out, outside, external; foreign
文: wén · literature, culture, writing
系: xì · system; line, link, connection

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4–2–4 · wai4 wen2 xi4

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