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層出疊見

简层出叠见 · 繁層出疊見

Mandarin · pinyin céng chū dié xiàn

see 層見疊出 céng xiàn dié chū

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出: chū · go out, send out; stand; produce
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見: jiàn · see, observe, behold; perceive; Kangxi radical 147
层: céng · story, layer, floor, stratum
叠: dié · pile; be piled up; fold up
见: jiàn · see, observe, behold; perceive

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2–1–2–4 · ceng2 chu1 die2 xian4

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(alt-of, alternative, idiomatic) alternative form of 層見疊出 /层见叠出 (céngxiàndiéchū, “to occur frequently; to appear repeatedly”)

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