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翳

Mandarin · pinyin yì

feather screen
to screen
to shade
cataract

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翳: yì · shade, screen; to hide, screen

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4 · yi4

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ai3 · ji1

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(literary) shade; screen
nebula
(literary) to hide; to conceal
(literary) to shade; to screen
(literary) feather cover of vehicle
(Mainland China Hokkien) gloomy clouds
(Southern Pinghua) to extinguish (light or fire); to go out

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