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運道

简运道 · 繁運道

Mandarin · pinyin yùn dao

fortune
luck
fate

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運: Look up this written character
道: dào · path, road, street; method, way
运: yùn · luck, fortune; ship, transport

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4–5 · yun4 dao5

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noun

transportation corridor
luck; fortune
fate; destiny
manners and morals of the time; ways of the world

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