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癩蛤蟆

简癞蛤蟆 · 繁癩蛤蟆

Mandarin · pinyin lài há ma

toad

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癩: Look up this written character
蛤: há · clam
蟆: má · frog, toad
癞: lài · leprosy, scabies, mange; shoddy

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4–2–5 · lai4 ha2 ma5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

laai3 haa1 mou1

Cantonese word readings for 癩蛤蟆. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

toad (Classifier: 隻／只 m)
ugly person

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