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風靡一時

简风靡一时 · 繁風靡一時

Mandarin · pinyin fēng mǐ yī shí

fashionable for a while (idiom); all the rage

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風: fēng · wind; air; manners, atmosphere; Kangxi radical 182
靡: mí · divide, disperse, scatter
一: yī · one; a, an; alone
時: shí · time, season; era, age, period
风: fēng · wind; air; manners, atmosphere
时: shí · time, season; era, age, period

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1–3–1–2 · feng1 mi3 yi1 shi2

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fung1 mo1 jat1 si4

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(idiomatic) synonym of 風行一時 /风行一时 (fēngxíngyīshí, “to be popular for a while; to be all the rage”)

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