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度姑

Mandarin · pinyin dù gū

(Tw) to doze off (from Taiwanese 盹龜, Tai-lo pr. tuh-ku)

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度: dù · degree, system; manner; to consider
姑: gū · father's sister; husband's mother

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4–1 · du4 gu1

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