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短見

简短见 · 繁短見

Mandarin · pinyin duǎn jiàn

short-sightedness; suicide (esp. in 尋短見 xún duǎn jiàn)

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短: duǎn · short; brief; deficient, lacking
見: jiàn · see, observe, behold; perceive; Kangxi radical 147
见: jiàn · see, observe, behold; perceive

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3–4 · duan3 jian4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

dyun2 gin3

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adj

short-sighted; lacking vision

noun

(literary) suicide
(literary) trick

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