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dǎgēng

ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄥ

  1. 1to sound the night watches (on clappers or gongs, in former times)
Example

沒有甚麼比看見動物被虐打更能惹起我的怒火。

méiyǒu shèn me bǐ kànjiàn dòngwù bèi nüè dǎ gēng néng rěqǐ wǒ de nùhuǒ

Few things are more enraging to me than the sight of an animal being beaten.

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