See 罄竹難書 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "These weird phenomena were due to political corruption. There were so many of them that it would not be enough to record all even if the bamboos in Jing (also known as Chu) and Yue states were used up.",
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"zh-pron": "chʻing⁴-chu²-nan²-shu¹"
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"zh-pron": "chìng-jú-nán-shū"
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{
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"Mandarin"
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"zh-pron": "chinqjwunanshu"
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"zh-pron": "hing³ zug¹ nan⁴ xu¹"
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"english": "These weird phenomena were due to political corruption. There were so many of them that it would not be enough to record all even if the bamboos in Jing (also known as Chu) and Yue states were used up.",
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"tags": [
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},
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"Traditional Chinese"
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"tags": [
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],
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"Pinyin"
],
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],
"zh-pron": "hing³ dzuk⁷ naan⁴ sy¹"
},
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},
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