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曬月光

saai3 jyut6 gwong1

to date on a moonlit night

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

曬月光

This word was added by Steph_fr on 16th Jun 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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曬 saai3 shi4 sha4 chi1 shai4 - [v] dry in the sun; expose to sunlight
月 jyut6 yue4 - moon; month
光 gwong1 guang1 guang2 guang4 - light; shine

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Decimal representation of this word: 曬月光

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