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腓

Mandarin · pinyin féi

calf of leg
decay
protect

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腓: féi · calf; avoid; be ill; wither

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character · Etymology 1

calf; the back of the leg below the knee
(literary, of plants) to die from diseases; to shrivel; to wilt
(obsolete) to protect

character · Etymology 2

Used in transcription.
(Protestantism) short for 腓立比書／腓立比书 (Féilìbǐshū, “the book of Philippians”)

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