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形跡可疑

简形迹可疑 · 繁形跡可疑

Mandarin · pinyin xíng jì kě yí

(idiom) suspicious-looking (in one's behavior or movements)

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形: xíng · form, shape, appearance
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可: kě · may, can, -able; possibly
疑: yí · doubt, question, suspect
迹: jì · traces, impressions, footprints

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2–4–3–2 · xing2 ji4 ke3 yi2

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jing4 zik1 ho2 ji4

Cantonese word readings for 形跡可疑. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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