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橫躺豎臥

简横躺竖卧 · 繁橫躺豎臥

Mandarin · pinyin héng tǎng shù wò

to lie down all over the place
exhausted and in disarray

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橫: Look up this written character
躺: tǎng · lie down, recline
豎: Look up this written character
臥: Look up this written character
横: héng · across
竖: shù · perpendicular, vertical; erect
卧: wò · lie down; crouch

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2–3–4–4 · heng2 tang3 shu4 wo4

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waang4 tong2 syu6 ngo6

Cantonese word readings for 橫躺豎臥. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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