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斷尾
简 断尾 · 繁 斷尾Mandarin · pinyin duàn wěi
Meanings
- (zoology) (of a lizard etc) to shed its tail; to autotomize its tail
- (animal husbandry) to cut the tail short; to dock the tail
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4–3 · duan4 wei3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
tyun5 mei5
Cantonese word readings for 斷尾. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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verb
- to break off a tail; to dock
- (Cantonese) to be cured completely
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