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真格的

Mandarin · pinyin zhēn gé de

(coll.) serious; real; true

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真: zhēn · real, actual, true, genuine
格: gé · pattern, standard, form; style
的: de · possessive, adjectival suffix

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1–2–5 · zhen1 ge2 de5

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