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蠹簡

简蠹简 · 繁蠹簡

Mandarin · pinyin dù jiǎn

old worm-eaten books

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蠹: dù · moth; insects which eat into cloth
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简: jiǎn · simple, terse, succinct, a letter

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4–3 · du4 jian3

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