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異言

简异言 · 繁異言

Mandarin · pinyin yì yán

dissenting words

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異: Look up this written character
言: yán · words, speech; speak, say; Kangxi radical 149
异: yì · different, unusual, strange

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4–2 · yi4 yan2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ji6 jin4

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noun

different view; dissenting opinion
(literary) different language; foreign language
(literary) unusual words; strange words

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