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斷片

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Mandarin · pinyin duàn piàn

fragment
piece
(of a film) to break in the middle of viewing

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斷: Look up this written character
片: piàn · slice, splinter, strip; rad. 91
断: duàn · sever, cut off; interrupt

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4–4 · duan4 pian4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

tyun5 pin2

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noun

fragment; scrap

verb

(colloquial, of a film) to break in the middle of viewing (due to technical issues)
(colloquial) to blackout after drinking too much; to lose consciousness

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