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風波

简风波 · 繁風波

Mandarin · pinyin fēng bō

disturbance
crisis
disputes
restlessness
Classifier: 場 cháng

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風: fēng · wind; air; manners, atmosphere; Kangxi radical 182
波: bō · waves, breakers; undulations
风: fēng · wind; air; manners, atmosphere

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1–1 · feng1 bo1

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fung1 bo1

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noun

(figurative) disturbance; dispute; crisis

verb

(Quanzhou Hokkien) to spread false stories; to start rumors

noun

(Eastern Min) urticaria

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