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努

Mandarin · pinyin nǔ

to exert
to strive

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努: nǔ · to exert, strive, make an effort; to pout

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3 · nu3

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nou5

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to exert; to strive; to make an effort
to bulge; to pout
(dialectal) to injure oneself through overexertion
(Cantonese) to push something out of the body by contracting abdominal muscles and increasing abdominal pressure

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