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撞機

简撞机 · 繁撞機

Mandarin · pinyin zhuàng jī

(of an airplane) to collide (with another plane midair)
to crash

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撞: zhuàng · knock against, bump into, collide
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机: jī · desk; machine; moment

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4–1 · zhuang4 ji1

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