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美麗新世界

简美丽新世界 · 繁美麗新世界

Mandarin · pinyin Měi lì Xīn Shì jiè

Brave New World, novel by Aldous Huxley 阿道司·赫胥黎 Ā dào sī · Hè xū lí

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美: měi · beautiful, pretty; pleasing
麗: lì · beautiful, magnificent, elegant
新: xīn · new, recent, fresh, modern
世: shì · generation; world; era
界: jiè · boundary, limit; domain; society; the world
丽: lì · beautiful, magnificent, elegant

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3–4–1–4–4 · Mei3 li4 Xin1 Shi4 jie4

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mei5 lai6 san1 sai3 gaai3

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