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近人

Mandarin · pinyin jìn rén

contemporary
modern person
close friend
associate
intimate

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近: jìn · near, close; approach; intimate
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else

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4–2 · jin4 ren2

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noun

person of the near-modern times; person from a time that is not distant from the present
person close to oneself; person whom one is on intimate terms with

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