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踽踽獨行

简踽踽独行 · 繁踽踽獨行

Mandarin · pinyin jǔ jǔ dú xíng

to walk alone (idiom)

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踽: jǔ · to walk alone; self-reliant
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行: xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
独: dú · alone, single, solitary, only

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3–3–2–2 · ju3 ju3 du2 xing2

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(idiomatic) to walk alone; to walk all by oneself

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