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Mandarin · pinyin yáo

kiln
oven
coal pit
cave dwelling
(coll.) brothel

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窑: yáo · kiln; coal mine pit

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brick kiln; furnace
-ware (specifically, pottery manufactured in a particular place)
coal pit
cave dwelling (common in the Loess Plateau, Northern China); yaodong
(colloquial) brothel; whorehouse
a surname, Yao

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