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長夜漫漫

简长夜漫漫 · 繁長夜漫漫

Mandarin · pinyin cháng yè màn màn

endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering

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長: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
夜: yè · night, dark; in night; by night
漫: màn · overflow of water; spreading
长: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader

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2–4–4–4 · chang2 ye4 man4 man4

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coeng4 je6 maan6 maan6

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