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毛髮

简毛发 · 繁毛髮

Mandarin · pinyin máo fà

hair

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毛: máo · hair, fur, feathers; coarse
髮: fà · fǎ · hair
发: fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair

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2–4 · mao2 fa4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mou4 faat3

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noun

(literally) head and body hair of a person
(figuratively) trifling matter

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