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無止盡

简无止尽 · 繁無止盡

Mandarin · pinyin wú zhǐ jìn

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止: zhǐ · stop, halt, desist; detain
盡: Look up this written character
无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
尽: jǐn · exhaust, use up; deplete

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2–3–4 · wu2 zhi3 jin4

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