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消息灵通人士

xiāo xi líng tōng rén shì

6-character word Traditional 消息靈通人士

What 消息灵通人士 means

1. well-informed source; person with inside information

The characters in 消息灵通人士

• 消xiāoto diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
• 息xībreath; news; interest (on an investment or loan)
• 灵língquick; alert; efficacious
• 通tōngto go through; to know well; (suffix) expert
• 人rénperson; people
• 士shìmember of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor

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