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4,809 characters (browsable) · 20,266 words (published)
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purine; used in 呤呤[ling2 ling2]; used in 嘌呤[piao4 ling4]; Taiwan pr. [ling2]
to weep, to sob; to grieve; sound of sobbing
pit, hole; to bury; hole in the ground to plant seeds in; to make a hole for seeds; to di…
startled, alarmed, astonished; startled
warm; surname Qu
oar; boat; variant of 桌[zhuo1]; oar (archaic); scull; paddle; to row; a boat
evil; a calamity; steroid nucleus
roll, bolt of cloth; foot; variant of 匹[pi3]; classifier for cloth: bolt; variant of 雅[ya…
to polish, to grind; to roll with a stone roller; to calender
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