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放聲大哭

简 放声大哭 · 繁 放聲大哭
Mandarin · pinyin fàng shēng dà kū

Meanings

  1. to sob loudly; to bawl
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Characters in this entry

放
fàng · put, release, free, liberate
聲
shēng · sound, voice, noise; tone; music
大
dà · big, great, vast, large, high
哭
kū · weep, cry, wail
声
shēng · sound, voice, noise; tone; music
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4–1–4–1 · fang4 sheng1 da4 ku1

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fong3 sing1 daai6 huk1

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verb

  1. (literary) to cry and wail at the top of one's lungs

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