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段子手

Mandarin · pinyin duàn zi shǒu

sb who crafts and delivers witty, humorous or satirical short stories, jokes or punchlines; a wit; a humorist

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段: duàn · section, piece, division
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
手: shǒu · hand

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4–5–3 · duan4 zi5 shou3

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noun

punster; wordsmith

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