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顛連

简颠连 · 繁顛連

Mandarin · pinyin diān lián

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連: Look up this written character
颠: diān · top, peak, summit; upset
连: lián · join, connect; continuous; even

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1–2 · dian1 lian2

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din1 lin4

Cantonese word readings for 顛連. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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