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廿四史

Mandarin · pinyin niàn sì shǐ

twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions)
same as 二十四史 Èr shí sì Shǐ

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廿: niàn · twenty, twentieth
四: sì · four
史: shǐ · history, chronicle, annals

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4–4–3 · nian4 si4 shi3

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jaa6 sei3 si2

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