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扣發

简扣发 · 繁扣發

Mandarin · pinyin kòu fā

to deprive
to withhold
to hold sth back (and prevent it being known)

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扣: kòu · knock, strike, rap, tap; button
發: fā · issue, dispatch, send out, emit
发: fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair

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4–1 · kou4 fa1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

kau3 faat3

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

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