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田格本

Mandarin · pinyin tián gé běn

exercise book for practicing Chinese character handwriting (each page being a grid of blank cells divided into quadrants, like the character 田)

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田: tián · field, arable land, cultivated
格: gé · pattern, standard, form; style
本: běn · root, origin, source; basis

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2–2–3 · tian2 ge2 ben3

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