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房前屋後

简房前屋后 · 繁房前屋後

Mandarin · pinyin fáng qián wū hòu

(idiom) the area around one's house

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房: fáng · house, building; room; 4th lunar mansion, determinative star π Scorpii
前: qián · in front, forward; preceding
屋: wū · house; room; building, shelter
後: hòu · behind, rear, after; descendents
后: hòu · queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after

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2–2–1–4 · fang2 qian2 wu1 hou4

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