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食人俗

Mandarin · pinyin shí rén sú

cannibalism

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食: shí · eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
俗: sú · social customs; vulgar, unrefined

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2–2–2 · shi2 ren2 su2

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