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彈幕

简弹幕 · 繁彈幕

Mandarin · pinyin dàn mù

(military) barrage
"bullet screen", function which allows viewers to post on-screen comments in videos, movies etc in real time
danmaku (video game subgenre)

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彈: Look up this written character
幕: mù · curtain, screen, tent
弹: dàn · pellet, bullet, shot, shell

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4–4 · dan4 mu4

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noun

barrage (artillery bombardment)
(neologism) danmaku (type of heavy bullet fire featured in bullet hell video games)
(neologism, Internet) comments on a video that are overlaid on and scroll across a video screen (Classifier: 條／条)

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