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空中格鬥

简空中格斗 · 繁空中格鬥

Mandarin · pinyin kōng zhōng gé dòu

dogfight (of planes)

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空: kōng · empty, hollow, bare, deserted
中: zhōng · central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain
格: gé · pattern, standard, form; style
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斗: dòu · dǒu · a dipper; unit of volume (ten 升 or litres); Kangxi radical 68; 8th lunar mansion, determinative star φ Sagittarii

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1–1–2–4 · kong1 zhong1 ge2 dou4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hung1 zung1 gaak3 dau3

Cantonese word readings for 空中格鬥. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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