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法利賽人

简法利赛人 · 繁法利賽人

Mandarin · pinyin Fǎ lì sài rén

Pharisee

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法: fǎ · law, rule, regulation, statute; France, French
利: lì · gains, advantage, profit, merit
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人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
赛: sài · compete, contend; contest, race

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3–4–4–2 · Fa3 li4 sai4 ren2

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faat3 lei6 coi3 jan4

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noun

(Christianity, Judaism) Pharisee (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 位 m c; 名 m c)

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