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回電

简回电 · 繁回電

Mandarin · pinyin huí diàn

to call sb back (on the phone)
a return call
to reply to a telegram
to wire back
a reply telegram

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回: huí · return, turn around; a time
電: Look up this written character
电: diàn · electricity; electric; lightning

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2–4 · hui2 dian4

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noun

a reply telegram

verb

(verb-object) to call back someone on the telephone
(verb-object) to send a telegram back to someone

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