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拳腳相向

简拳脚相向 · 繁拳腳相向

Mandarin · pinyin quán jiǎo xiāng xiàng

to square off
to exchange blows
to rain blows on sb

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拳: quán · fist; various forms of boxing
腳: jiǎo · foot; base, leg, foundation
相: xiāng · mutual, reciprocal, each other
向: xiàng · toward, direction, trend
脚: jiǎo · leg, foot; base, leg, foundation

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2–3–1–4 · quan2 jiao3 xiang1 xiang4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

kyun4 goek3 soeng1 hoeng3

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