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Mandarin · pinyin ái ái#

(literary) lofty; towering
(literary) glistening white
(literary) hard; solid
(literary) piled up

Mandarin · pinyin wéi wéi#

(literary) lofty; towering
also pr. áiái

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硙: wèi · stone mill; grind; break apart

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adj

(literary) tall; steep
(literary) hard; solid
(literary) accumulated; piled up
(literary) alternative form of 皚皚 /皑皑 (ái'ái, “pure white and shining”)

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