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時斷時續

简 时断时续 · 繁 時斷時續
Mandarin · pinyin shí duàn shí xù

Meanings

  1. stopping and starting
  2. intermittent
  3. sporadic
  4. on and off
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時
shí · time, season; era, age, period
斷
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續
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时
shí · time, season; era, age, period
断
duàn · sever, cut off; interrupt
续
xù · continue, carry on; succeed
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2–4–2–4 · shi2 duan4 shi2 xu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

si4 tyun5 si4 zuk6

Cantonese word readings for 時斷時續. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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si4 tyun5 si4 zuk6

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