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蕩
简 荡 · 繁 蕩Mandarin · pinyin dàng
Meanings
- to wash
- to squander
- to sweep away
- to move
- to shake
- dissolute
- pond
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4 · dang4
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Cantonese word readings for 蕩. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- to sway; to swing
- (literary, or in compounds) to wash away; to cleanse
- (literary, or in compounds) to clear away; to eliminate
- to wander; to roam
- (literary, or in compounds) vast and wide; broad and expansive
- (literary, or in compounds) flat; level; smooth
- (literary, or in compounds) unconstrained and doing whatever one wants
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