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掣電

简掣电 · 繁掣電

Mandarin · pinyin chè diàn

to flash
a flash (literary)

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掣: chè · drag, pull; hinder by pulling back
電: Look up this written character
电: diàn · electricity; electric; lightning

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4–4 · che4 dian4

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zai3 din6

Cantonese word readings for 掣電. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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