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Mandarin · pinyin rǎng

(literary) to push up one's sleeves
(literary) to reject; to resist
(literary) to seize; to steal
(literary) to perturb
Taiwan pr. ráng

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攘: rǎng · seize, take by force; repel

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3 · rang3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

joeng4 · joeng5 · joeng6

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to repel; to expel
to steal; to snatch
to invade; to seize by force
(alt. form 纕／𬙋) to pull up the sleeves
(alt. form 禳) to pray or offer sacrifices to avert disaster

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to throw into disorder; to disturb

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(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) original form of 讓／让 (ràng, “to yield; to give in”)

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