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活字典

huó zì diǎn

3-character word

What 活字典 means

1. walking dictionary
2. well-informed person

The characters in 活字典

• 活huóto live; alive; living
• 字zìletter; symbol; character
• 典diǎncanon; law; standard work of scholarship

Example sentences

• 他就是所谓的活字典。
  He is what we call a walking dictionary.
• 她，这么说好了，是个活字典。
  She is, so to speak, a walking dictionary.
• 那个老人，这幺说吧，是一本活字典。
  That old man, let's just say, is a living dictionary.