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參差錯落

简参差错落 · 繁參差錯落

Mandarin · pinyin cēn cī cuò luò

uneven and jumbled (idiom); irregular and disorderly
in a tangled mess

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差: chà · chā · to differ; different, wrong; nearly, almost; an officer
錯: cuò · error, blunder, mistake, wrong
落: luò · fall, drop; net income, surplus
参: cān · take part in, intervene; ginseng; 21st lunar mansion, determinative star ζ Orionis (Alnitak)
错: cuò · error, blunder, mistake; wrong

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1–1–4–4 · cen1 ci1 cuo4 luo4

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caam1 ci1 co3 lok6

Cantonese word readings for 參差錯落. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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