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抱怨

Mandarin · pinyin bào yuàn

Meanings

  1. to complain
  2. to grumble
  3. to harbor a complaint
  4. to feel dissatisfied
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抱
bào · embrace, hold in arms, enfold
怨
yuàn · hatred, enmity, resentment
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4–4 · bao4 yuan4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

pou5 jyun3

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

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pou5 jyun3

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verb

  1. (intransitive, verb-object) to blame; to grumble about; to complain

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