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滾彩蛋

简滚彩蛋 · 繁滾彩蛋

Mandarin · pinyin gǔn cǎi dàn

egg rolling (rolling of decorated, hard-boiled eggs down hillsides by children at Easter)

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滾: Look up this written character
彩: cǎi · hue, color; variegated colors
蛋: dàn · eggs; term of abuse
滚: gǔn · turn

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3–3–4 · gun3 cai3 dan4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gwan2 coi2 daan2

Cantonese word readings for 滾彩蛋. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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