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Mandarin · pinyin fā àn

to darken
to become tarnished

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發: fā · issue, dispatch, send out, emit
暗: àn · dark; obscure; in secret, covert
发: fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair

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1–4 · fa1 an4

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