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打混

Mandarin · pinyin dǎ hùn

to muddle things up
to goof off
to hang around

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打: dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
混: hùn · to mix, blend, mingle; to bumble along

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3–4 · da3 hun4

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daa2 wan6

Cantonese word readings for 打混. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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