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生生不息

Mandarin · pinyin shēng shēng bù xī

to grow and multiply without end

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生: shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
息: xī · rest, put stop to, end, cease

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1–1–4–1 · sheng1 sheng1 bu4 xi1

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sang1 sang1 bat1 sik1

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(idiomatic) to continuously grow and reproduce

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