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顺口溜

shùn kǒu liū

3-character word Traditional 順口溜

What 顺口溜 means

1. popular piece of doggerel
2. common phrase repeated as a jingle

The characters in 顺口溜

• 顺shùnto obey; to follow; to arrange
• 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)…
• 溜liūto slip away; to escape in stealth; to skate

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