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小日本兒

简小日本儿 · 繁小日本兒

Mandarin · pinyin xiǎo Rì běn r

erhua variant of 小日本 xiǎo Rì běn

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小: xiǎo · small, tiny, insignificant
日: rì · sun; day; daytime
本: běn · root, origin, source; basis
兒: ér · son, child, oneself; final part
儿: ér · son, child; Kangxi radical 10

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3–4–3–5 · xiao3 Ri4 ben3 r5

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noun

(slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) (Mandarin) erhua form of 小日本 (xiǎorìběn, “the Japanese”)

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