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迫脅

简迫胁 · 繁迫脅

Mandarin · pinyin pò xié

to coerce
fig. narrow

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迫: pò · coerce, force, compel; urgent
脅: Look up this written character
胁: xié · ribs, armpits; flank; threaten

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4–2 · po4 xie2

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bik1 hip3

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

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