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旬輸月送

简旬输月送 · 繁旬輸月送

Mandarin · pinyin xún shū yuè sòng

pay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom); incessant and ever more complicated demands

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旬: xún · ten-day period; period of time
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月: yuè · moon; month; Kangxi radical 74
送: sòng · see off, send off; dispatch, give
输: shū · transport, carry, haul

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2–1–4–4 · xun2 shu1 yue4 song4

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ceon4 syu1 jyut6 sung3

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