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異星人

简异星人 · 繁異星人

Mandarin · pinyin yì xīng rén

space alien; extraterrestrial

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異: Look up this written character
星: xīng · a star, planet; any point of light; 25th lunar mansion, determinative star α Hydrae (Alphard)
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
异: yì · different, unusual, strange

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4–1–2 · yi4 xing1 ren2

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