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器械

Mandarin · pinyin qì xiè

apparatus
instrument
equipment
weapon

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器: qì · receptacle, vessel; instrument
械: xiè · weapons; implements, instruments

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4–4 · qi4 xie4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hei3 haai6

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noun

apparatus; equipment
weapon; arm
(literary, archaic) various kinds of ritual objects and armor

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