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餓扁

简饿扁 · 繁餓扁

Mandarin · pinyin è biǎn

(coll.) to be famished; ravenously hungry

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扁: biǎn · flat; tablet, signboard
饿: è · hungry; greedy for; hunger

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4–3 · e4 bian3

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