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钱是万恶之源

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qián shì wàn è zhī yuán

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  1. 1. Money is the root of all evil.

Child Words of 钱是万恶之源

之
zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])

恶
è

evil

恶
wù

to hate

是
shì

to be (followed by substantives only)

万
wàn

ten thousand

钱
qián

coin

源
yuán

root

万恶
wàn è

everything that is evil

万恶之源
wàn è zhī yuán

the root of all evil

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