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"(humorous) Used to encourage someone to attend an event."
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"code": "yue",
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"sense": "encourage someone to attend an event",
"word": "不見不散"
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"code": "yue",
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"sense": "encourage someone to attend an event",
"word": "tule sinne tai olet tylsä (unidiomatic)"
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"roman": "mi shelo ba meruba",
"sense": "encourage someone to attend an event",
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"word": "מי שלא בא מרובע"
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"sense": "encourage someone to attend an event",
"word": "будь та́м и́ли будь как все́"
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"english": "attendance is mandatory",
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"sense": "encourage someone to attend an event",
"word": "я́вка обяза́тельна"
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"sense": "encourage someone to attend an event",
"word": "不見不散"
},
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"sense": "encourage someone to attend an event",
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},
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"sense": "encourage someone to attend an event",
"word": "不見不散"
},
{
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"sense": "encourage someone to attend an event",
"word": "不见不散"
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"word": "tule sinne tai olet tylsä (unidiomatic)"
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"word": "מי שלא בא מרובע"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "budʹ tám íli budʹ kak vsé",
"sense": "encourage someone to attend an event",
"word": "будь та́м и́ли будь как все́"
},
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"code": "ru",
"english": "attendance is mandatory",
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"roman": "jávka objazátelʹna",
"sense": "encourage someone to attend an event",
"word": "я́вка обяза́тельна"
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"word": "be there or be square"
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