落地扇

Mandarin · pinyin luò dì shàn

Meanings

  1. pedestal fan; stand fan
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落
luò · fall, drop; net income, surplus
地
de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
扇
shàn · fan; door panel
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4–4–4 · luo4 di4 shan4

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lok6 dei6 sin3

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noun

  1. pedestal fan (Classifier: 臺/台 m)

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