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發癲

简 发癫 · 繁 發癲
Mandarin · pinyin fā diān

Meanings

  1. to go crazy; to lose one's mind
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發
fā · issue, dispatch, send out, emit
癲
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发
fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair
癫
diān · crazy, mad; madness, mania, insane
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1–1 · fa1 dian1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

faat3 din1

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verb

  1. (dialectal) to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind; to go nuts; to freak out

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