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耗

Mandarin · pinyin hào

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耗: hào · consume, use up; waste, squander

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character · Etymology 1

to reduce; to decrease; to cut; to minimise
to weaken; to cripple
to consume; to use up
(literary, or in compounds) news (chiefly bad news)
(regional) to delay; to put off; to procrastinate

character · Etymology 2

all used up; nothing left

character · Etymology 3

dizzy; unconscious

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