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千變萬軫

简千变万轸 · 繁千變萬軫

Mandarin · pinyin qiān biàn wàn zhěn

constantly changing, ever-varying (idiom)

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千: qiān · thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler
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变: biàn · change, transform, alter; rebel
万: wàn · mò · ten thousand; innumerable
轸: zhěn · cross board at rear of carriage

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1–4–4–3 · qian1 bian4 wan4 zhen3

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cin1 bin3 maan6 zan2

Cantonese word readings for 千變萬軫. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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