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Mandarin · pinyin zhǎo bu dào

can't find

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找: zhǎo · search, seek, look for; find
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
到: dào · go to, arrive, been to

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3–5–4 · zhao3 bu5 dao4

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