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它本身

taa1 bun2 san1

ta1 ben3 shen1

itself

This word can not be used in Spoken Cantonese 國

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 690,000

它本身

它 taa1 ta1 - it
本 bun2 ben3 - root; source; book
身 san1 shen1 gui4 {juan1} - body

This word was added by sheik on 14th Jul 2004 and last edited on 16th Aug 2006

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