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We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「三寫易字」.

The idiom 「三寫易字」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

It refers to the fact that errors are likely to occur when copying ancient books.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

sān xiě yì zì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

saam1 se2 yi6 ji6

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