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衣帶

简衣带 · 繁衣帶

Mandarin · pinyin yī dài

belt; sash
(literary) attire

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衣: yī · clothes, clothing; cover, skin; Kangxi radical 145
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带: dài · belt, girdle, band, strap, zone

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1–4 · yi1 dai4

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noun

belt on clothes; waist band
(figurative) clothes

noun

(Eastern Min, Hokkien, Zhao'an Hakka) umbilical cord

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