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蜷臥

简蜷卧 · 繁蜷臥

Mandarin · pinyin quán wò

to curl up
to lie curled up

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蜷: quán · creep like a worm; curl one's body
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卧: wò · lie down; crouch

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2–4 · quan2 wo4

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kyun4 ngo6

Cantonese word readings for 蜷臥. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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