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線報

简线报 · 繁線報

Mandarin · pinyin xiàn bào

tip-off

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報: Look up this written character
线: xiàn · line, thread, wire; clue
报: bào · report, tell, announce

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4–4 · xian4 bao4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sin3 bou3

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

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verb

to provide inside information; to make a tip-off

noun

inside information; tip-off

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