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日行一善

Mandarin · pinyin rì xíng yī shàn

to do a good deed every day

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日: rì · sun; day; daytime
行: xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
一: yī · one; a, an; alone
善: shàn · good, virtuous, charitable, kind

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4–2–1–4 · ri4 xing2 yi1 shan4

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(idiomatic) to do a good deed every day; to do a good turn daily

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