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葫蘆裡賣的是什麼藥
简 葫芦里卖的是什么药 · 繁 葫蘆裡賣的是什麼藥Mandarin · pinyin hú lu lǐ mài de shì shén me yào
Meanings
- what has (he) got up (his) sleeve?
- what's going on?
Characters in this entry
- 葫
- hú · bottle-gourd
- 蘆
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- 裡
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- 賣
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- 的
- de · possessive, adjectival suffix
- 是
- shì · indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that
- 什
- shén · file of ten soldiers; mixed, miscellaneous
- 麼
- me · interrogative final particle; insignificant, small, tiny
- 藥
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- 芦
- lú · rushes, reeds
- 里
- lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
- 卖
- mài · sell; betray; show off
- 么
- me · interrogative particle; small
- 药
- yào · leaf of Dahurian angelica plant; medicine
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Mandarin tones
2–5–3–4–5–4–2–5–4 · hu2 lu5 li3 mai4 de5 shi4 shen2 me5 yao4
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Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading
wu4 lou2 lei5 maai6 dik1 si6 sam6 mo1 joek6
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