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倒鎖

简倒锁 · 繁倒鎖

Mandarin · pinyin dào suǒ

locked in (with the door locked from the outside)

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倒: dào · fall over; lie down; take turns
鎖: Look up this written character
锁: suǒ · lock, padlock; shackles, chains

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4–3 · dao4 suo3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

dou2 so2

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

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