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文山会海

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wén shān huì hǎi

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  1. 1. a mountain of paperwork and a sea of meetings (idiom)

Child Words of 文山会海

山
shān

mountain; hill (CL:座[zuò])

文
wén

language

会
kuài

to balance an account

海
hǎi

ocean

会
huì

can

文山
wén shān

Wenshan County in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[wén shān zhuàng zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan

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