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Mandarin · pinyin fù xiāng guān

negative correlation

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相: xiāng · mutual, reciprocal, each other
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负: fù · load, burden; carry, bear
关: guān · frontier pass; close; relation

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4–1–1 · fu4 xiang1 guan1

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