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Mandarin · pinyin wén jiàn jiā

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文: wén · literature, culture, writing
件: jiàn · numerary adjunct for article; matter
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夹: jiā · be wedged or inserted between

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2–4–1 · wen2 jian4 jia1

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noun

folder (for documents) (Classifier: 個／个 m)
(computing) folder (virtual container) (Classifier: 個／个 m)

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