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Mandarin · pinyin ràng pàn

to be accommodating in negotiating the boundary of one's field
(fig.) (of farmers in ancient times) to be good-hearted and honest

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畔: pàn · boundary path dividing fields
让: ràng · allow, permit, yield, concede

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