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CHINESE CHARACTER

diān

顛

顛

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top; jolt

Numbered pinyin
dian1
English meanings
top; summit; to jolt; to fall; to reverse (traditional of 颠)

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  1. 01

    shānlù山路diān顛簸de得厲hài害。

    The mountain road is very bumpy.

  2. 02

    tā他bǎ把順xù序diān顛dào倒le了。

    He reversed the order.

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