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第二世界

Mandarin · pinyin Dì èr Shì jiè

Second World (Cold War-era term referring to communist nations as a bloc)

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第: dì · sequence, number; grade, degree
二: èr · two; twice
世: shì · generation; world; era
界: jiè · boundary, limit; domain; society; the world

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4–4–4–4 · Di4 er4 Shi4 jie4

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dai6 ji6 sai3 gaai3

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Second World

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