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開酒費

简开酒费 · 繁開酒費

Mandarin · pinyin kāi jiǔ fèi

corkage fee

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開: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
酒: jiǔ · wine, spirits, liquor, alcoholic beverage
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开: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
费: fèi · expenses, expenditures, fee

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1–3–4 · kai1 jiu3 fei4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hoi1 zau2 fai3

Cantonese word readings for 開酒費. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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