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畫等號

简画等号 · 繁畫等號

Mandarin · pinyin huà děng hào

to equate
to consider (two things) to be equivalent

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畫: huà · delineate, painting, picture, drawing; draw
等: děng · rank, grade; to wait; equal, “and so forth”
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画: huà · a painting, picture, drawing; to draw
号: hào · mark, sign; symbol; number

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4–3–4 · hua4 deng3 hao4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

waak6 dang2 hou6

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verb

to equate; to consider two things equivalent

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