盲文

Mandarin · pinyin máng wén

Meanings

  1. braille
  2. literature in braille
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盲
máng · blind; unperceptive, shortsighted
文
wén · literature, culture, writing
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2–2 · mang2 wen2

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maang4 man4

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noun

  1. braille (system of writing using raised dots)
  2. braille publication

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