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活字印刷

Mandarin · pinyin huó zì yìn shuā

printing with movable type

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活: huó · live, exist, survive; lively
字: zì · letter, character, word
印: yìn · print, seal, stamp, chop, mark
刷: shuā · brush; clean with brush, scrub

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2–4–4–1 · huo2 zi4 yin4 shua1

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noun

(printing) movable type printing

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