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打邊爐

简打边炉 · 繁打邊爐

Mandarin · pinyin dǎ biān lú

(Cantonese) to eat hot pot
hot pot

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打: dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
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爐: Look up this written character
边: biān · edge, margin, side, border
炉: lú · fireplace, stove, oven, furnace

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3–1–2 · da3 bian1 lu2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

daa2 bin1 lou4

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verb

(chiefly Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua, Liuzhou Mandarin) to have hot pot
(Hong Kong Cantonese, figuratively) to smoke together around an ashtray or rubbish bin

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