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隱君子

简隐君子 · 繁隱君子

Mandarin · pinyin yǐn jūn zǐ

(literary) hermit sage
heavy smoker; drug addict (pun involving the homophonous 癮君子 yǐn jūn zǐ)

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君: jūn · sovereign, monarch, ruler, chief, prince
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
隐: yǐn · hide, conceal; hidden, secret

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3–1–3 · yin3 jun1 zi3

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jan2 gwan1 zi2

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noun

recluse; hermit (especially one whose name is lost in history)
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 癮君子 /瘾君子 (yǐnjūnzǐ, “addict”)

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