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錯落不齊

简错落不齐 · 繁錯落不齊

Mandarin · pinyin cuò luò bù qí

disorderly and uneven (idiom); irregular and disorderly

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錯: cuò · error, blunder, mistake, wrong
落: luò · fall, drop; net income, surplus
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
齊: qí · even, uniform, of equal length; Kangxi radical 210
错: cuò · error, blunder, mistake; wrong
齐: qí · even, uniform, of equal length

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4–4–4–2 · cuo4 luo4 bu4 qi2

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cok3 lok6 bat1 cai4

Cantonese word readings for 錯落不齊. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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