diǎn xíngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
model / typical case / archetype / typical / representative
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Original source entry:

典型 典型 [dian3 xing2] /model/typical case/archetype/typical/representative/

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  • 典
    diǎn

    canon / law / standard work of scholarship / literary quotation or allusion / ceremony / to be in charge of / to mortgage or pawn

  • 型
    xíng

    mold / type / style / model

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