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"ref": "1981 January 16, Jimmy Carter, State of the Union Address",
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"ref": "2022 November 7, “The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak’s Cop27 trip: placing the planet on a road to hell”, in The Guardian",
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"sense": "intransigence",
"word": "不妥協"
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"roman": "bùtuǒxié",
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