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雅俗共賞

简雅俗共赏 · 繁雅俗共賞

Mandarin · pinyin yǎ sú gòng shǎng

can be enjoyed by scholars and lay-people alike (idiom)

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雅: yǎ · elegant, graceful, refined
俗: sú · social customs; vulgar, unrefined
共: gòng · together with, all, total; to share
賞: Look up this written character
赏: shǎng · reward, grant, bestow; appreciate

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3–2–4–3 · ya3 su2 gong4 shang3

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ngaa5 zuk6 gung6 soeng2

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(idiomatic) to suit both scholars and laypeople; to appeal to all

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