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Mandarin · pinyin sǔn

bamboo shoot

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笋: sǔn · bamboo shoots

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character · Etymology 1

bamboo shoot
(literary, or in compounds) tender; young
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 簨 (sǔn, “horizontal beam on which bells hang”)

character · Etymology 2

(Cantonese, slang) very good; worth it; inexpensive; less costly than its actual value

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