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側耳

简侧耳 · 繁側耳

Mandarin · pinyin cè ěr

to bend an ear (to)
to listen

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側: Look up this written character
耳: ěr · ear; merely, only; handle; Kangxi radical 128
侧: cè · side; incline, slant, lean

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4–3 · ce4 er3

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noun

oyster mushroom
(～屬) Pleurotus (a genus of mushrooms)

verb

(literary) to lean in and listen; to listen carefully; to listen attentively

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