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Mandarin · pinyin Diàn huà Mén

"Phone Gate", corruption scandal unearthed through telephone records

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話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
門: mén · gate, door, entrance, opening; Kangxi radical 169
电: diàn · electricity; electric; lightning
话: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
门: mén · gate, door, entrance, opening

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4–4–2 · Dian4 hua4 Men2

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