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新古典

Mandarin · pinyin xīn gǔ diǎn

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新: xīn · new, recent, fresh, modern
古: gǔ · old, classic, ancient
典: diǎn · law, canon; documentation; classic, scripture

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1–3–3 · xin1 gu3 dian3

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