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弄短

Mandarin · pinyin nòng duǎn

to shorten
shortening

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弄: nòng · do, play or fiddle with; alley
短: duǎn · short; brief; deficient, lacking

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4–3 · nong4 duan3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

lung6 dyun2

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