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連綿

简连绵 · 繁連綿

Mandarin · pinyin lián mián

continuous
unbroken
uninterrupted
extending forever into the distance (of mountain range, river etc)

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连: lián · join, connect; continuous; even
绵: mián · cotton wad; wool; soft, downy

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2–2 · lian2 mian2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

lin4 min4

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verb

to be continuous; to be unbroken; to be forever extending; to be uninterrupted
(Chinese linguistics, of a morpheme) to be disyllabic

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