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大字報

简大字报 · 繁大字報

Mandarin · pinyin dà zì bào

big-character poster

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
字: zì · letter, character, word
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报: bào · report, tell, announce

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4–4–4 · da4 zi4 bao4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

daai6 zi6 bou3

Cantonese word readings for 大字報. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

(Mainland China, historical) dazibao; big-character poster (wall-mounted newspaper or similar, used as a popular form of communication in China) (Classifier: 張／张 m)
(television) large cue card
(Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia) notice put up by debt collectors outside debtor's home or workplace
poster used in protests or proposals

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