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躥

简蹿 · 繁躥

Mandarin · pinyin cuān

to leap up
(coll.) to gush out; to spurt out

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蹿: cuān · leap; to jump; to spurt out

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

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to leap up
to get angry; to flare up; to lose one's temper
(colloquial, of prices, etc.) to rise sharply
(colloquial, dialectal) to spray; to spurt

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