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當機

简当机 · 繁當機

Mandarin · pinyin dàng jī

variant of 宕機 dàng jī

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當: dāng · bear, accept, undertake; just
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当: dāng · bear, accept, undertake; just
机: jī · desk; machine; moment

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4–1 · dang4 ji1

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verb

(originally Cantonese, colloquial, of a computer) to crash
(figurative) to go haywire
(computing) to shut down a computer; to stop a service (for maintenance, etc.)

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