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膃肭

简腽肭 · 繁膃肭

Mandarin · pinyin wà nà

fur seal
(literary) fat; obese

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肭: nà · fat; seal
腽: wà · fat

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4–4 · wa4 na4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

wat1 neot6

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noun

fur seal
blubber of the fur seal

adj

(archaic) fat and soft

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