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殘垣敗壁

简残垣败壁 · 繁殘垣敗壁

Mandarin · pinyin cán yuán bài bì

see 斷壁頹垣 duàn bì tuí yuán

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殘: Look up this written character
垣: yuán · low wall
敗: Look up this written character
壁: bì · partition wall; walls of a house; 14th lunar mansion, determinative star γ Pegasi (Algenib)
残: cán · injure, spoil; oppress; broken
败: bài · be defeated, decline, fail

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2–2–4–4 · can2 yuan2 bai4 bi4

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caan4 wun4 baai6 bik1

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