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犯貧

简犯贫 · 繁犯貧

Mandarin · pinyin fàn pín

(dialect) to talk nonsense
garrulous

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犯: fàn · commit crime, violate; criminal
貧: Look up this written character
贫: pín · poor, impoverished, needy

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4–2 · fan4 pin2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

faan6 pan4

Cantonese word readings for 犯貧. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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