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渺乎其微

Mandarin · pinyin miǎo hū qí wēi

remote and insignificant (idiom)

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渺: miǎo · endlessly long, boundless, vast
乎: hū · interrogative or exclamatory final particle
其: qí · his, her, its, their; that
微: wēi · small, prefix micro-, trifling

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3–1–2–1 · miao3 hu1 qi2 wei1

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miu5 fu4 kei4 mei4

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