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窄

Mandarin · pinyin zhǎi

narrow
narrow-minded
badly off

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窄: zhǎi · narrow, tight; narrow-minded

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3 · zhai3

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zaak3

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narrow; (of rooms, pants, etc.) tight
narrow-minded
(colloquial) badly off; hard up
(Cantonese) unlikely; barely possible; unfavourable; slim (very small)
(Xi'an Mandarin, vulgar, usually of a male) to fuck; to have sex with someone

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