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話鋒

简话锋 · 繁話鋒

Mandarin · pinyin huà fēng

topic under discussion; direction or tone of the conversation

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話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
鋒: Look up this written character
话: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
锋: fēng · point of spear, sharp point

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4–1 · hua4 feng1

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noun

topic of conversation

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