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端架子

Mandarin · pinyin duān jià zi

to put on airs

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端: duān · end, extreme; head; beginning
架: jià · rack, stand, prop; prop up
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch

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1–4–5 · duan1 jia4 zi5

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dyun1 gaa3 zi2

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