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兀臬

Mandarin · pinyin wù niè

variant of 杌隉 wù niè

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兀: wù · to cut off the feet
臬: niè · law, rule; door post

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4–4 · wu4 nie4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ngat6 jit6

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noun

a kind of shoe made from cattle hide and stuffed with Carex meyeriana (烏拉草), worn in the winter in northeastern China

adj

(literary) alternative form of 阢隉 /阢陧 (wùniè)

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