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賴婚

简赖婚 · 繁賴婚

Mandarin · pinyin lài hūn

to go back on a marriage contract
to repudiate an engagement

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賴: Look up this written character
婚: hūn · get married; marriage, wedding
赖: lài · rely, depend on; accuse falsely

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4–1 · lai4 hun1

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laai6 fan1

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

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