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What does 发电 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

发电 fādiàn

to generate electricity

It can also mean

  • to send a telegram
  • (slang) to do something for love, unpaid (as in 为爱发电)

Its characters

  1. 发 fā to send
  2. 电 diàn electricity

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