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髮指眥裂

简发指眦裂 · 繁髮指眥裂

Mandarin · pinyin fà zhǐ zì liè

hair standing up and eyes wide in anger (idiom); enraged
in a towering rage

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髮: fà · fǎ · hair
指: zhǐ · finger, toe; point, indicate
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裂: liè · split, crack, break open; rend
发: fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair
眦: zì · corner of the eyes, eye sockets

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4–3–4–4 · fa4 zhi3 zi4 lie4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

faat3 zi2 zaai6 lit6

Cantonese word readings for 髮指眥裂. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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