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眼跳

Mandarin · pinyin yǎn tiào

twitching of eye

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眼: yǎn · eye; eyelet, hole, opening
跳: tiào · jump, leap, vault, bounce; dance

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3–4 · yan3 tiao4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ngaan5 tiu3

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

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