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開天窗

简 开天窗 · 繁 開天窗
Mandarin · pinyin kāi tiān chuāng

Meanings

  1. to leave a blank to mark censored area
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開
kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
天
tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
窗
chuāng · window
开
kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
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1–1–1 · kai1 tian1 chuang1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hoi1 tin1 coeng1

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verb

  1. (literal) to open the skylight
  2. (of finance) to embezzle money and tamper with the financial account
  3. (slang) to put something on hiatus; to postpone
  4. (of newspapers) to intentionally leave a section blank to protest against censorship

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