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略釋

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Mandarin · pinyin lüè shì

a brief explanation
to summarize

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略: lüè · approximately, roughly; outline
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释: shì · interpret, elucidate; release

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4–4 · lu:e4 shi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

loek6 sik1

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

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