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好奇尚異

简好奇尚异 · 繁好奇尚異

Mandarin · pinyin hào qí shàng yì

to have a taste for the exotic (idiom)

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好: hǎo · good, excellent, fine; well
奇: qí · strange, unusual, uncanny, occult
尚: shàng · still, yet; even; fairly, rather
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异: yì · different, unusual, strange

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4–2–4–4 · hao4 qi2 shang4 yi4

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