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裂

Mandarin · pinyin liè

to split
to crack
to break open
to rend

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裂: liè · split, crack, break open; rend

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4 · lie4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

lit3 · lit6

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

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to crack; to break open
to split
to rend

character

(Hokkien) to break open revealing a crack
(Hokkien) crack; gap; split; opening
(Hokkien) Classifier for cut left by a knife.

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