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Mandarin · pinyin yuán chéng xù

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  1. source code (computing)
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源
yuán · spring; source, head; surname
程
chéng · journey, trip; schedule, agenda
序
xù · series, serial order, sequence
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2–2–4 · yuan2 cheng2 xu4

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