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白衣天使

Mandarin · pinyin bái yī tiān shǐ

"angel in white" (laudatory term for a nurse)

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白: bái · white; pure, unblemished; bright
衣: yī · clothes, clothing; cover, skin; Kangxi radical 145
天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
使: shǐ · cause, send on a mission, order; envoy, messenger, ambassador

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2–1–1–3 · bai2 yi1 tian1 shi3

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noun

(honorific, figurative) nurse; doctors and nurses

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