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敗光

简败光 · 繁敗光

Mandarin · pinyin bài guāng

to squander one's fortune
to dissipate one's wealth

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光: guāng · light, brilliant, shine; only
败: bài · be defeated, decline, fail

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4–1 · bai4 guang1

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baai6 gwong1

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