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行列

Mandarin · pinyin háng liè

formation
array
(fig.) ranks (as in "join the ranks of ...")

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行: xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
列: liè · a line; to arrange in order, classify

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2–4 · hang2 lie4

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hong4 lit6

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noun

row or column
ranks; procession; rows

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