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散更鑼 (saan3 gaang1 lo4) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

散更鑼 (saan3 gaang1 lo4, sàn gēng luó) — verb; alert or alarm sound from the night watch from 5am, to wake people up (used before clocks were introduced in China). It means it is very noisy, need everyone to know

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beyond HSK

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