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伸展

Mandarin · pinyin shēn zhǎn

stretching
extension

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伸: shēn · extend, stretch out, open up; trust
展: zhǎn · open, unfold; stretch, extend

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1–3 · shen1 zhan3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

san1 zin2

Cantonese word readings for 伸展. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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san1 zin2

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verb

to stretch; to expand; to spread
(anatomy) to extend (to straighten)

adj

(Sichuanese) comfortable
(Sichuanese) flat; smoothed out
(Sichuanese) clear; distinct
(Sichuanese, Dafang) pretty; neat
(Sichuanese) smooth; unhindered
(Dafang) wealthy
(Dafang) straight
(Dafang) eloquent

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