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好辯

简好辩 · 繁好辯

Mandarin · pinyin hào biàn

argumentative
quarrelsome

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好: hǎo · good, excellent, fine; well
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辩: biàn · dispute, argue, debate, discuss

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4–4 · hao4 bian4

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