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長坂坡七進七出

简长坂坡七进七出 · 繁長坂坡七進七出

Mandarin · pinyin cháng bǎn pō qī jìn qī chū

famous scene in Romance of the Three Kingdoms in which Zhao Yun 趙雲 charges seven times through the ranks of Cao Cao's armies

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長: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
坂: bǎn · hillside, inconvenient places
坡: pō · slope, bank, hillside
七: qī · seven
進: jìn · advance, make progress, enter
出: chū · go out, send out; stand; produce
长: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader
进: jìn · advance, make progress, enter

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2–3–1–1–4–1–1 · chang2 ban3 po1 qi1 jin4 qi1 chu1

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