"чем" meaning in Russian

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          "english": "better late than never",
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          "english": "Rather than wagging your tongue, better go and help someone.",
          "roman": "Čem jazykóm trepátʹ, pošól by pomóg komú-libo.",
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      "word": "чѣмъ — Pre-reform orthography (1918)"
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