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現階段

简现阶段 · 繁現階段

Mandarin · pinyin xiàn jiē duàn

at the present stage

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現: xiàn · appear, manifest, become visible
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段: duàn · section, piece, division
现: xiàn · appear, manifest, become visible
阶: jiē · stairs, steps; rank, degree

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4–1–4 · xian4 jie1 duan4

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jin6 gaai1 dyun6

Cantonese word readings for 現階段. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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