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布須曼人

简布须曼人 · 繁布須曼人

Mandarin · pinyin bù xū màn rén

bushman (African ethnic group)

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布: bù · cotton cloth, textiles, linen
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曼: màn · long, extended, vast; beautiful
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
须: xū · must, have to, necessary

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4–1–4–2 · bu4 xu1 man4 ren2

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