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賽先生 赛先生 [Sai4 xian1 sheng5] /"Mr Science", phrase used during the May 4th Movement 五四運動|五四运动[Wu3 si4 Yun4 dong4]/abbr. for 賽因斯|赛因斯[sai4 yin1 si1]/see also 德先生[De2 xian1 sheng5]/Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.
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