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放煙幕彈

简放烟幕弹 · 繁放煙幕彈

Mandarin · pinyin fàng yān mù dàn

to spread a smokescreen

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放: fàng · put, release, free, liberate
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幕: mù · curtain, screen, tent
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烟: yān · smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
弹: dàn · pellet, bullet, shot, shell

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4–1–4–4 · fang4 yan1 mu4 dan4

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