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齊人之福

简齐人之福 · 繁齊人之福

Mandarin · pinyin Qí rén zhī fú

lit. the happy fate of the man from Qi (who had a wife and a concubine) (idiom)
fig. (ironically) the joy of having several partners
the life of a pasha

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齊: qí · even, uniform, of equal length; Kangxi radical 210
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
福: fú · happiness, good fortune, blessing
齐: qí · even, uniform, of equal length

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2–2–1–2 · Qi2 ren2 zhi1 fu2

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