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简温 · 繁溫

Mandarin · pinyin wēn#

warm; lukewarm
to warm up
(bound form) temperature
(bound form) mild; soft; tender
to review (a lesson etc)
(TCM) fever
epidemic; pestilence (old variant of 瘟 wēn)

Mandarin · pinyin Wēn#

surname Wen

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温: wēn · lukewarm

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(of temperature) lukewarm; warm
to warm up; to raise the temperature of
to revise; to review; to go over; to brush up
(chiefly in compounds) temperature
tepid; mild; soft; tender; gentle
irresolute; indecisive; weak
a surname, Wen
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 瘟 (wēn)

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