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幸甚至哉

Mandarin · pinyin xìng shèn zhì zāi

filled with joy (quotation from poems by Cao Cao 曹操 Cáo Cāo)

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幸: xìng · luck(ily), favor, fortunately
甚: shèn · great extent; considerably
至: zhì · reach, arrive; extremely, very; Kangxi radical 133
哉: zāi · final exclamatory particle

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4–4–4–1 · xing4 shen4 zhi4 zai1

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