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Power of a Single Utterance

ī一1
yán言2
shīng兴3
bāng邦4
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ī一5
yán言6
sànq丧7
bāng邦8
A single word can make a nation prosper; a single word can bring it to ruin.
1. one, single
2. word, speech
3. to make prosper, to cause to flourish
4. state, nation, country
5. one, single
6. word, speech
7. to bring to ruin, to lose, to destroy
8. state, nation, country