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撝挹

简㧑挹 · 繁撝挹

Mandarin · pinyin huī yì

to be extremely modest and polite

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挹: yì · to bale out; to decant liquids
㧑: huī · (a simplified form 撝) to wave, to assist

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1–4 · hui1 yi4

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fai1 jap1

Cantonese word readings for 撝挹. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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