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拜人為師

简拜人为师 · 繁拜人為師

Mandarin · pinyin bài rén wéi shī

to acknowledge as one's teacher

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拜: bài · do obeisance, bow, kowtow
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
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師: shī · teacher, master, specialist; multitude, troops; hexagram ䷆
为: wèi · do, handle, govern, act; be
师: shī · teacher, master, specialist

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4–2–2–1 · bai4 ren2 wei2 shi1

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