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破殼日

简破壳日 · 繁破殼日

Mandarin · pinyin pò ké rì

(slang) (fig.) birthday

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破: pò · break, ruin, destroy; rout
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日: rì · sun; day; daytime
壳: ké · casing, shell, husk

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4–2–4 · po4 ke2 ri4

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noun

(slang, figurative) birthday

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