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顯弄

简显弄 · 繁顯弄

Mandarin · pinyin xiǎn nòng

to flaunt
to show off

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顯: Look up this written character
弄: nòng · do, play or fiddle with; alley
显: xiǎn · manifest, display; evident, clear

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3–4 · xian3 nong4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hin2 lung6

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

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