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頹垣斷壁

简颓垣断壁 · 繁頹垣斷壁

Mandarin · pinyin tuí yuán duàn bì

see 斷壁頹垣 duàn bì tuí yuán

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頹: Look up this written character
垣: yuán · low wall
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壁: bì · partition wall; walls of a house; 14th lunar mansion, determinative star γ Pegasi (Algenib)
颓: tuí · ruined, decayed; disintegrate
断: duàn · sever, cut off; interrupt

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2–2–4–4 · tui2 yuan2 duan4 bi4

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teoi4 wun4 dyun6 bik1

Cantonese word readings for 頹垣斷壁. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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