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燙平

简烫平 · 繁燙平

Mandarin · pinyin tàng píng

to press (clothes)
to iron out (wrinkles)

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平: píng · flat, level, even; peaceful
烫: tàng · scald, heat; wash; iron clothes

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4–2 · tang4 ping2

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tong3 ping4

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

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