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電棒

简电棒 · 繁電棒

Mandarin · pinyin diàn bàng

(coll.) flashlight
(Tw) stun baton
(Tw) hair iron; hair tongs

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電: Look up this written character
棒: bàng · stick, club, truncheon; hit
电: diàn · electricity; electric; lightning

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4–4 · dian4 bang4

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noun

curling iron
stun gun
(dialectal) (electric) torch; flashlight

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