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顛顛

简颠颠 · 繁顛顛

Mandarin · pinyin diān diān

glad and diligent

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颠: diān · top, peak, summit; upset

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1–1 · dian1 dian1

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din1 din1

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

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