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耍潑

简耍泼 · 繁耍潑

Mandarin · pinyin shuǎ pō

(dialect) to make an unreasonable scene

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耍: shuǎ · frolic, play, amuse, play with
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泼: pō · pour, splash, water, sprinkle

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3–1 · shua3 po1

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saa2 put3

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

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