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掃黃運動

简扫黄运动 · 繁掃黃運動

Mandarin · pinyin sǎo huáng yùn dòng

campaign against pornography

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掃: sǎo · sweep, clear away; exterminate
黃: huáng · yellow; surname; Kangxi radical 201
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動: dòng · move, happen; movement, action
扫: sǎo · sweep, clear away; exterminate
黄: huáng · yellow; surname
运: yùn · luck, fortune; ship, transport
动: dòng · move, happen; movement, action

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3–2–4–4 · sao3 huang2 yun4 dong4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sou3 wong4 wan6 dung6

Cantonese word readings for 掃黃運動. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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