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廢銅爛鐵

简 废铜烂铁 · 繁 廢銅爛鐵
Mandarin · pinyin fèi tóng làn tiě

Meanings

  1. scrap metal
  2. a pile of junk
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廢
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銅
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爛
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鐵
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废
fèi · abrogate, terminate, discard
铜
tóng · copper, brass, bronze
烂
làn · rotten, spoiled, decayed
铁
tiě · iron; strong, solid, firm
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4–2–4–3 · fei4 tong2 lan4 tie3

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 2 senses · 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fai3 tung4 laan6 tit3

Cantonese word readings for 廢銅爛鐵. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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fai3 tung4 laan6 tit3

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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noun

  1. (idiomatic) metal scrap; useless rusty metal objects
  2. (idiomatic, by extension) anything that is broken and useless; junk

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