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萬里迢迢

简万里迢迢 · 繁萬里迢迢

Mandarin · pinyin wàn lǐ tiáo tiáo

(adverbial phrase used with verbs such as 歸 guī or 赴 fù etc) traveling a great distance

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萬: Look up this written character
里: lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
迢: tiáo · far; distant
万: wàn · mò · ten thousand; innumerable

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4–3–2–2 · wan4 li3 tiao2 tiao2

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