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萬頭攢動

简万头攒动 · 繁萬頭攢動

Mandarin · pinyin wàn tóu cuán dòng

(idiom) bustling with many people

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萬: Look up this written character
頭: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
攢: Look up this written character
動: dòng · move, happen; movement, action
万: wàn · mò · ten thousand; innumerable
头: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
攒: zǎn · cuán · save, hoard
动: dòng · move, happen; movement, action

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4–2–2–4 · wan4 tou2 cuan2 dong4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

maan6 tau4 zaan2 dung6

Cantonese word readings for 萬頭攢動. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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