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打開話匣子

简打开话匣子 · 繁打開話匣子

Mandarin · pinyin dǎ kāi huà xiá zi

to start talking

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打: dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
開: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
匣: xiá · small box, case, coffer
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
开: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
话: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect

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3–1–4–2–5 · da3 kai1 hua4 xia2 zi5

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daa2 hoi1 waa6 haap6 zi2

Cantonese word readings for 打開話匣子. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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