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扦

Mandarin · pinyin qiān

short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc
skewer
prod used to extract samples from sacks of grain etc
(dialect) to stick in
to bolt (a door)
to arrange (flowers in a vase)
to graft (tree)
to pedicure
to peel (an apple etc)

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扦: qiān · probe, poke, prick, pierce

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1 · qian1

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cin1 · cin2

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skewer
to skewer; to impale

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