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打電動

简打电动 · 繁打電動

Mandarin · pinyin dǎ diàn dòng

(Tw) to play video games

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打: dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
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動: dòng · move, happen; movement, action
电: diàn · electricity; electric; lightning
动: dòng · move, happen; movement, action

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3–4–4 · da3 dian4 dong4

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