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開天窗

简开天窗 · 繁開天窗

Mandarin · pinyin kāi tiān chuāng

to leave a blank to mark censored area

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開: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
窗: chuāng · window
开: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start

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1–1–1 · kai1 tian1 chuang1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hoi1 tin1 coeng1

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verb

(literal) to open the skylight
(of finance) to embezzle money and tamper with the financial account
(slang) to put something on hiatus; to postpone
(of newspapers) to intentionally leave a section blank to protest against censorship

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