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坦陳

简坦陈 · 繁坦陳

Mandarin · pinyin tǎn chén

to reveal
to confess

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坦: tǎn · flat, smooth; self-possessed
陳: Look up this written character
陈: chén · exhibit, display; plead; a surname

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3–2 · tan3 chen2

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taan2 can4

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

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