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藏垢納污

简藏垢纳污 · 繁藏垢納污

Mandarin · pinyin cáng gòu nà wū

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2–4–4–1 · cang2 gou4 na4 wu1

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cong4 gau3 naap6 wu1

Cantonese word readings for 藏垢納污. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

cong4 gau3 naap6 wu1

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

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(idiomatic) synonym of 藏污納垢 /藏污纳垢 (cángwūnàgòu, “to shelter evil people and countenance evil practices”)