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孽報

简孽报 · 繁孽報

Mandarin · pinyin niè bào

bad karma

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孽: niè · evil; son of concubine; ghost
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报: bào · report, tell, announce

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4–4 · nie4 bao4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jip6 bou3

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

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