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比例

bǐ lì · bi li

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

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这(zhè)张(zhāng)地(dì)图(tú)的(de)比(bǐ)例(lì)是(shì)一(yī)比(bǐ)一(yí)万(wàn)。

The scale of this map is one to ten thousand.

女(nǚ)生(shēng)和(hé)男(nán)生(shēng)的(de)比(bǐ)例(lì)大(dà)约(yuē)是(shì)三(sān)比(bǐ)二(èr)。

The ratio of girls to boys is about three to two.

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euphemistic variant of 屄[bī]

example; precedent

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