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江湖騙子

简江湖骗子 · 繁江湖騙子

Mandarin · pinyin jiāng hú piàn zi

swindler
itinerant con-man

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江: jiāng · large river; the Yangzi; surname
湖: hú · a lake; Hubei, Hunan; bluish-green
騙: Look up this written character
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
骗: piàn · swindle, cheat out of, defraud

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1–2–4–5 · jiang1 hu2 pian4 zi5

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gong1 wu4 pin3 zi2

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noun

charlatan; swindler; itinerant con-man

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