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DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
master sleuth / lit. miraculous detective / cf Sherlock Holmes 福爾摩斯|福尔摩斯[Fú ěr mó sī] or Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰[Dí Rén jié]
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神探 神探 [shen2 tan4] /master sleuth/lit. miraculous detective/cf Sherlock Holmes 福爾摩斯|福尔摩斯[Fu2 er3 mo2 si1] or Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰[Di2 Ren2 jie2]/

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神探
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