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佚
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- 佚
- yì · indulge in pleasures; flee
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2 · die2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
dit6 · jat6
Cantonese word readings for 佚. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- to be lost
- alternative form of 逸 (yì) — easy; leisurely
- alternative form of 逸 (yì) — indulgent
- alternative form of 逸 (yì) — to escape; to flee; to be reclusive
- alternative form of 逸 (yì) — to excel
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) beautiful
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) fault
- a surname
character · Etymology 2
- used in 佚蕩／佚荡 (“free; unrestrained”)
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 迭 (dié, “to alternate; alternately”)
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