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話裡有話

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Mandarin · pinyin huà lǐ yǒu huà

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話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
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有: yǒu · have, own, possess; exist
话: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
里: lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166

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4–3–3–4 · hua4 li3 you3 hua4

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