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從裡到外

简从里到外 · 繁從裡到外

Mandarin · pinyin cóng lǐ dào wài

from the inside to the outside
through and through
thoroughly

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從: cóng · from, by, since, whence, through
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到: dào · go to, arrive, been to
外: wài · out, outside, external; foreign
从: cóng · from, by, since, whence, through
里: lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166

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2–3–4–4 · cong2 li3 dao4 wai4

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