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甪

Mandarin · pinyin Lù

surname Lu
place name

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甪: lù · to loose, take off, get rid of

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4 · Lu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

luk6

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character · Etymology 1

Used in place names.
a surname

character · Etymology 2

(Southern Min) to come loose; to come off
(Hokkien) to rub back and forth (to make something fall off)
(Hokkien) to demote (to a lower rank)
(Hokkien) to defraud; to swindle
(Hokkien, of prices, etc.) to drop; to decrease
(Mainland China Hokkien) to scald (chicken and duck) in boiling water to pluck its feathers or skin
(Taiwanese Hokkien) to pluck (feathers)

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