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厄

Mandarin · pinyin è

distressed

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厄: è · adversity, difficulty, distress

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4 · e4

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aak1 · ak1

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character · Etymology 1

harrowing; miserable
disaster; calamity; catastrophe
adversity; difficulty; distress
to be stranded
strategic point
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 軛 /轭 (è, “yoke”)

character · Etymology 2

(historical dictionaries only) Used in 科厄.

character · Etymology 3

(Teochew) hard; difficult; challenging

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