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眾口難調

简众口难调 · 繁眾口難調

Mandarin · pinyin zhòng kǒu nán tiáo

it's difficult to please everyone (idiom)

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口: kǒu · mouth; open end; entrance, gate
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众: zhòng · multitude, crowd; masses, public
难: nán · difficult, arduous, hard; unable
调: diào · transfer, move, change; tune

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4–3–2–2 · zhong4 kou3 nan2 tiao2

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