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简万丈 · 繁萬丈

Mandarin · pinyin wàn zhàng

lit. ten thousand fathoms
fig. extremely high or deep
lofty
bottomless

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丈: zhàng · unit of length equal 3.3 meters; gentleman, man, husband
万: wàn · mò · ten thousand; innumerable

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adj

bottomless; extremely long in depth, length or width
(figurative) having countless number of; full of

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