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崩

Mandarin · pinyin bēng

to collapse
to fall into ruins
death of king or emperor
demise

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崩: bēng · rupture, split apart, collapse

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1 · beng1

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bang1

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to collapse; to crumble; to cave in
to rupture; to burst
(euphemistic, of a monarch) to die
(colloquial) to execute by firing squad; to shoot dead
(Cantonese) to be chipped
(Cantonese) cent; small amounts of money (Classifier: 個／个 c)

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