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"roman": "prá pík-sù",
"sense": "Buddhist monk",
"word": "พระภิกษุ"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "dge slong",
"sense": "Buddhist monk",
"word": "དགེ་སློང"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "Buddhist monk",
"word": "Tỉ-khâu"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "Buddhist monk",
"word": "Tỉ-khưu"
}
],
"word": "bhikkhu"
}
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