涵意

Mandarin · pinyin hán yì

Meanings

  1. content
  2. meaning
  3. connotation
  4. implication
  5. same as 涵義
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涵
hán · soak, wet; tolerate, be lenient
意
yì · thought, idea, opinion; think
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2–4 · han2 yi4

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