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大浪

Mandarin · pinyin dà làng

billow
surge

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
浪: làng · wave; wasteful, reckless

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noun

great wave; massive wave
(figurative) major setback

name

(～村) Tai Long (a village of South Lantao Rural Committee in Chi Ma Wan, Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong)
(～村) Tai Long (a village of Sai Kung Rural Committee, Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong)

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