番 fān
(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort; (classifier) a kind; a sort; (classifier) (used after the verb 翻 to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番 "to double")
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