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搶鏡

简抢镜 · 繁搶鏡

Mandarin · pinyin qiǎng jìng

to steal the spotlight; to grab the limelight

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抢: qiǎng · plunder, rob, take by force
镜: jìng · mirror; lens; glass; glasses

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3–4 · qiang3 jing4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

coeng2 geng3

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

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verb

(intransitive, verb-object) to steal the limelight; to steal the show
(intransitive, verb-object) to photobomb

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