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民怨鼎沸

Mandarin · pinyin mín yuàn dǐng fèi

seething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over

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民: mín · people, subjects, citizens
怨: yuàn · hatred, enmity, resentment
鼎: dǐng · large, three-legged bronze caldron; Kangxi radical 206; hexagram ䷱
沸: fèi · boil, bubble up, gush

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2–4–3–4 · min2 yuan4 ding3 fei4

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man4 jyun3 ding2 fai3

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