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絕緣

简绝缘 · 繁絕緣

Mandarin · pinyin jué yuán

to have no contact with
to be cut off from
(electricity) to insulate

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絕: Look up this written character
緣: Look up this written character
绝: jué · to cut, sever, break off, terminate
缘: yuán · hem, margin; reason, cause; fate

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2–2 · jue2 yuan2

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zyut6 jyun4

Cantonese word readings for 絕緣. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

to cut all ties; to have no contact
(electricity) to insulate

noun

(electricity) insulation

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