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險兆

简险兆 · 繁險兆

Mandarin · pinyin xiǎn zhào

evil omen

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兆: zhào · omen; million; mega; also trillion. China = million; Japan and Taiwan = trillion
险: xiǎn · narrow pass, strategic point

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3–4 · xian3 zhao4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

him2 siu6

Cantonese word readings for 險兆. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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