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赤條條

简赤条条 · 繁赤條條

Mandarin · pinyin chì tiáo tiáo

stark naked

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赤: chì · red; bare; Kangxi radical 155
條: tiáo · clause, condition; string, stripe
条: tiáo · clause, condition; string, stripe

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4–2–2 · chi4 tiao2 tiao2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cek3 tiu4 tiu4

Cantonese word readings for 赤條條. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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adj

bare; naked
(figurative) having nothing to one's name; destitute

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