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Mandarin · pinyin diàn juàn#

to spread litter in a cowshed, pigsty etc

Mandarin · pinyin diàn quān#

washer (on bolt)
toilet seat

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圈: quān · to circle; a circle; corral
垫: diàn · advance money, pay for another

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noun

(mechanics) washer; spacer

verb

to bed down the livestock; to spread earth or litter in a pigsty, cowshed, etc.

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