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排氣

简排气 · 繁排氣

Mandarin · pinyin pái qì

to ventilate

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排: pái · row, rank, line
氣: qì · air, gas, steam, vapor; spirit
气: qì · steam, vapor; Kangxi radical 84

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2–4 · pai2 qi4

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verb

to emit gases; to vent; to ventilate
(formal) to flatulate
to knock back (press or knead dough so as to remove air bubbles)

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