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架勢

简架势 · 繁架勢

Mandarin · pinyin jià shi

attitude
position (on an issue etc)

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架: jià · rack, stand, prop; prop up
勢: Look up this written character
势: shì · power, force; tendency

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4–5 · jia4 shi5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gaa3 sai3

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

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noun

(colloquial) posture; stance; manner
(colloquial) situation; circumstances

adj

(Cantonese) impressive; splendid; extravagant

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