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走板

Mandarin · pinyin zǒu bǎn

to be off the beat
to sound awful (of singing)
(fig.) to wander off the topic
(diving) to step toward the end of the board
approach

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走: zǒu · walk, go on foot; run; leave; Kangxi radical 156
板: bǎn · plank, board; iron or tin plate

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3–3 · zou3 ban3

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zau2 baan2

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verb

(verb-object) to be off the beat; to be off-key; to be out of tune (of opera singing)
(colloquial, figurative) to digress from the subject; to stray from the point

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