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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a movie revisits the same subject matter as an earlier one but not a sequel or prequel",
"word": "新傳"
},
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"sense": "a movie revisits the same subject matter as an earlier one but not a sequel or prequel",
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"roman": "wàizhuàn",
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"word": "外传"
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"sense": "a movie revisits the same subject matter as an earlier one but not a sequel or prequel",
"word": "再編"
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"sense": "a movie revisits the same subject matter as an earlier one but not a sequel or prequel",
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},
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xīnzhuàn",
"sense": "a movie revisits the same subject matter as an earlier one but not a sequel or prequel",
"word": "新传"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a movie revisits the same subject matter as an earlier one but not a sequel or prequel",
"word": "別傳"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "biézhuàn",
"sense": "a movie revisits the same subject matter as an earlier one but not a sequel or prequel",
"word": "别传"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a movie revisits the same subject matter as an earlier one but not a sequel or prequel",
"word": "外傳"
},
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"word": "外传"
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"sense": "a movie revisits the same subject matter as an earlier one but not a sequel or prequel",
"word": "再編"
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"sense": "a movie revisits the same subject matter as an earlier one but not a sequel or prequel",
"word": "recuela"
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