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讓開

简让开 · 繁讓開

Mandarin · pinyin ràng kāi

to get out of the way
to step aside

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開: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
让: ràng · allow, permit, yield, concede
开: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start

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4–1 · rang4 kai1

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joeng6 hoi1

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verb

to make way; to step aside; to get out of the way

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