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動作片

简动作片 · 繁動作片

Mandarin · pinyin dòng zuò piàn

action movie
Classifier: 部 bù

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動: dòng · move, happen; movement, action
作: zuò · make; work; compose, write; act, perform
片: piàn · slice, splinter, strip; rad. 91
动: dòng · move, happen; movement, action

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4–4–4 · dong4 zuo4 pian4

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dung6 zok3 pin2

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noun

action movie
(Taiwan, euphemistic) pornographic film

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