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點斷式

简点断式 · 繁點斷式

Mandarin · pinyin diǎn duàn shì

designed to be torn off along a line of perforations

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點: diǎn · dot, speck, spot; point, degree
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式: shì · style, system, formula, rule
点: diǎn · dot, speck, spot; point, degree
断: duàn · sever, cut off; interrupt

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3–4–4 · dian3 duan4 shi4

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