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染上

Mandarin · pinyin rǎn shàng

to catch (a disease)
to get (a bad habit)

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染: rǎn · dye; be contagious; infect
上: shàng · top; superior, highest; go up, send up

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3–4 · ran3 shang4

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jim5 soeng5

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