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掀開本書

kin2 hoi1 bun2 syu1

open the book

Level: 2
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

掀開本書

This word was added by C Chiu on 7th Jul 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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掀 kin2 hin1 xian1 - lift; start; stir up
開 hoi1 kai1 - open
本 bun2 ben3 - root; source; book
書 syu1 shu1 - book; writings

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