The teacher derived the law of sines on the blackboard.
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正弦 (zhèngxián) = sine, 定理 (dìnglǐ) = theorem. The full law: a/sinA = b/sinB = c/sinC = 2R, where R is the circumscribed circle's radius. Once you know 正弦 and 定理 separately, the term decodes itself.