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小肚雞腸

简小肚鸡肠 · 繁小肚雞腸

Mandarin · pinyin xiǎo dù jī cháng

lit. small belly, chicken's gut (idiom); narrow-minded
petty

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小: xiǎo · small, tiny, insignificant
肚: dù · belly; abdomen; bowels
雞: jī · chickens; domestic fowl
腸: Look up this written character
鸡: jī · chicken
肠: cháng · intestines; emotions; sausage

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3–4–1–2 · xiao3 du4 ji1 chang2

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siu2 tou5 gai1 coeng4

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(figurative, of a person) narrow-minded; small-minded; petty

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