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電話線

简电话线 · 繁電話線

Mandarin · pinyin diàn huà xiàn

telephone line
telephone wire

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電: Look up this written character
話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
線: Look up this written character
电: diàn · electricity; electric; lightning
话: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
线: xiàn · line, thread, wire; clue

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4–4–4 · dian4 hua4 xian4

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din6 waa2 sin3

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noun

telephone wire
telephone line

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