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侵蝕
简 侵蚀 · 繁 侵蝕Mandarin · pinyin qīn shí
Meanings
- to erode
- to corrode
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1–2 · qin1 shi2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
cam1 sik6
Cantonese word readings for 侵蝕. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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verb
- to corrode; to erode; to degrade
- to siphon off (money and goods)
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