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開山鼻祖

简开山鼻祖 · 繁開山鼻祖

Mandarin · pinyin kāi shān bí zǔ

founder

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開: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
山: shān · mountain, hill, peak
鼻: bí · nose; first; Kangxi radical 209
祖: zǔ · ancestor, forefather; grandfather
开: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start

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1–1–2–3 · kai1 shan1 bi2 zu3

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hoi1 saan1 bei6 zou2

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