打開話匣子

简 打开话匣子 · 繁 打開話匣子
Mandarin · pinyin dǎ kāi huà xiá zi

Meanings

  1. to start talking
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Characters in this entry

打
dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
開
kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
話
huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
匣
xiá · small box, case, coffer
子
zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
开
kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
话
huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
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3–1–4–2–5 · da3 kai1 hua4 xia2 zi5

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daa2 hoi1 waa6 haap6 zi2

Cantonese word readings for 打開話匣子. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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daa2 hoi1 waa6 haap6 zi2

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