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蓬亂

简蓬乱 · 繁蓬亂

Mandarin · pinyin péng luàn

matted (of straw or hair)
unkempt
overgrown
scraggly
thatch

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蓬: péng · type of raspberry; fairyland
亂: Look up this written character
乱: luàn · confusion, state of chaos, revolt

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2–4 · peng2 luan4

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pung4 lyun6

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

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