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橫貫

简横贯 · 繁橫貫

Mandarin · pinyin héng guàn

horizontal traverse
to cut across
to cross transversally

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横: héng · across
贯: guàn · a string of 1000 coins; to go through

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2–4 · heng2 guan4

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verb

to go across; to cross; to traverse

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