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素未謀面

简素未谋面 · 繁素未謀面

Mandarin · pinyin sù wèi móu miàn

(idiom) to have never met
to be complete strangers

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素: sù · white (silk); plain; vegetarian; formerly; normally
未: wèi · not yet; eighth earthly branch
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面: miàn · face; surface; plane; side, dimension; Kangxi radical 176
谋: móu · plan, scheme; stratagem

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4–4–2–4 · su4 wei4 mou2 mian4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sou3 mei6 mau4 min6

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(idiomatic) to have never met before

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