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朝花夕拾

Mandarin · pinyin Zhāo huā Xī shí

"Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk", a collection of autobiographical essays by Lu Xun 魯迅 Lǔ Xùn

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朝: cháo · dynasty; morning
花: huā · flower; blossoms
夕: xī · evening, night, dusk; slanted
拾: shí · pick up, collect, tidy up; accounting form of the numeral ten

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1–1–1–2 · Zhao1 hua1 Xi1 shi2

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