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萬人之敵

简万人之敌 · 繁萬人之敵

Mandarin · pinyin wàn rén zhī dí

a match for ten thousand enemies

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萬: Look up this written character
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
敵: Look up this written character
万: wàn · mò · ten thousand; innumerable
敌: dí · enemy, foe, rival; resist

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4–2–1–2 · wan4 ren2 zhi1 di2

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maan6 jan4 zi1 dik6

Cantonese word readings for 萬人之敵. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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