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放風
简 放风 · 繁 放風Mandarin · pinyin fàng fēng
Meanings
- to allow in fresh air
- to allow a prisoner out for exercise
- to give out information
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4–1 · fang4 feng1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
fong3 fung1
Cantonese word readings for 放風. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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verb
- to allow in fresh air
- to let prisoners out for an exercise
- to let it be known that; to spread the news; to give out information
- (regional) to be on the lookout (while conducting secret activities); to keep watch
- (Taiwanese and Philippine Hokkien) to fart; to break wind
- (Taiwanese and Philippine Hokkien, figurative) to talk rubbish or nonsense; to talk bullshit
- (Philippine Hokkien, figurative) to brag; to bluff; to boast; to talk big
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