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過場

简过场 · 繁過場

Mandarin · pinyin guò chǎng

interlude
to cross the stage
to do sth as a mere formality
to go through the motions

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過: guò · pass, pass through, go across
場: chǎng · open space, field, market
过: guò · pass, pass through, go across
场: chǎng · open space, field, market

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4–3 · guo4 chang3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gwo3 coeng4

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

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verb

(theater) to cross the stage
(figurative) to do something as mere formality

noun

(theater) interlude

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