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擔荷

简担荷 · 繁擔荷

Mandarin · pinyin dān hè

to shoulder a burden

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荷: hé · lotus, water lily; Holland
担: dān · carry, bear, undertake

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1–4 · dan1 he4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

daam1 ho6

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

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