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"word": "體統"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tǐtǒng",
"sense": "that which is proper",
"word": "体统"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "that which is proper",
"word": "規矩"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "guījǔ",
"sense": "that which is proper",
"word": "规矩"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "that which is proper",
"word": "體面"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tǐmiàn",
"sense": "that which is proper",
"word": "体面"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "that which is proper",
"word": "得體"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "détǐ",
"sense": "that which is proper",
"word": "得体"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhèngpài",
"sense": "that which is proper",
"word": "正派"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "that which is proper",
"word": "端莊"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "duānzhuāng",
"sense": "that which is proper",
"word": "端庄"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhèngzhí",
"sense": "that which is proper",
"word": "正直"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "that which is proper",
"word": "sopivaisuus"
}
],
"word": "decency"
}
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