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躲難

简躲难 · 繁躲難

Mandarin · pinyin duǒ nàn

to take refuge
to seek refuge from disaster

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躲: duǒ · hide, secrete; avoid, escape
難: Look up this written character
难: nán · difficult, arduous, hard; unable

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3–4 · duo3 nan4

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do2 naan6

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

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