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發難

简发难 · 繁發難

Mandarin · pinyin fā nàn

to rise in revolt
to raise difficult questions

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發: fā · issue, dispatch, send out, emit
難: Look up this written character
发: fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair
难: nán · difficult, arduous, hard; unable

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1–4 · fa1 nan4

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faat3 naan6

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verb

to rise in revolt
(formal) to question aggressively with intent to censure

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