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獵

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Mandarin · pinyin liè

hunting

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猎: liè · hunt; field sports

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4 · lie4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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

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to hunt (animals)
to hunt for; to pursue; to search for
used in 獵獵／猎猎 (lièliè)
(obsolete) tortoise; turtle
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 躐 (liè, “to trample”)

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