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奧林匹克運動會

ou3 lam4 pat1 hak1 wan6 dung6 wui6*2

the Olympic Games; the Olympics. Abbrv.: 奧運

Level: 4 Google Frequency: 332,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

奧林匹克運動會

This word was added by tym on 14th Jul 2004 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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奧 ou3 ou2 ngou3 juk1 yu4 ao4 - mysterious; obscure; Austria
林 lam4 lin2 - forest; grove
匹 pat1 pi3 - a match; classifier for horses
克 hak1 haak1 ke4 - win; overcome; conquer
運 wan6 yun4 - move; revolve; transport, ship
動 dung6 dong4 - move, stir; change, alter
會 wui6*2 wui5 wui6 kui2 hui4 gua1 - meet; will, shall

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