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出籠

简出笼 · 繁出籠

Mandarin · pinyin chū lóng

(of food) to be taken out of the steamer
(fig.) (often used with 紛紛 fēn fēn) (of products, information etc) to appear
to emerge
to come out
(fig.) to dump
to inundate the market

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出: chū · go out, send out; stand; produce
籠: Look up this written character
笼: lóng · cage; cage-like basket

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1–2 · chu1 long2

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ceot1 lung4

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verb

to take out of a steamer basket; to come out of the steamer (of cooked food)
to come out of a cage
(of products, news, policies, etc., derogatory) to appear; to be revealed; to be made public
(figurative) to dump; to inundate the market

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