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陳放

简陈放 · 繁陳放

Mandarin · pinyin chén fàng

to display

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放: fàng · put, release, free, liberate
陈: chén · exhibit, display; plead; a surname

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2–4 · chen2 fang4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

can4 fong3

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

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verb

to display; to exhibit

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