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磚

简砖 · 繁磚

Mandarin · pinyin zhuān

brick
tile (floor or wall, not roof)
Classifier: 塊 kuài

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砖: zhuān · tile, brick

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zyun1

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brick (Classifier: 塊／块 m)
tile; paving
(computing slang, figurative) brick (an electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete)

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