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火輪

简火轮 · 繁火輪

Mandarin · pinyin huǒ lún

(old) steamboat

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火: huǒ · fire, flame; burn; anger, rage
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轮: lún · wheel; revolve, turn; recur

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3–2 · huo3 lun2

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noun

wheel-like fire; wheel on fire
(literary) sun
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 火輪船／火轮船 (huǒlúnchuán, “steamship; steamboat”)
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 火輪車／火轮车 (huǒlúnchē, “train”)

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