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Mandarin · pinyin sè sè

trembling
rustling

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瑟: sè · large stringed musical instrument; dignified, massive; sound of wind

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4–4 · se4 se4

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noun

(literary) a kind of dark green gemstone
(onomatopoeia) sound of wind; sough; rustle

adj

(literary) dark green
(literary, ideophonic) cold
(literary, ideophonic) desolate
(ideophonic) shivering; trembling
(ideophonic) rustling; swishing
(Internet slang) censored spelling of 色色 (sèsè, “erotic; perverted; lewd; horny”)

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