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拔河

Mandarin · pinyin bá hé

tug-of-war
to take part in a tug-of-war

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拔: bá · uproot, pull out
河: hé · river; stream; the Yellow River

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2–2 · ba2 he2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bat6 ho4

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verb

(games) to play tug of war

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