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較剪

gaau3 zin2

scissors | [普]: 剪刀

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Level: 3 Google Frequency: 556

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

較剪

This word was added by claw on 14th Aug 2004 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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較 gok3 gaau3 jue2 jiao3 jiao4 - [1] [v] compare [2] in a greater or lesser deg
剪 zin2 jian3 - [1] [v] cut or clip with scissors; cut; shear;

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