貨色

简 货色 · 繁 貨色
Mandarin · pinyin huò sè

Meanings

  1. goods
  2. (derog.) stuff
  3. trash
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貨
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色
sè · color, tint, hue, shade; form, body; beauty, desire for beauty; Kangxi radical 139
货
huò · goods, commodities, products
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4–4 · huo4 se4

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fo3 sik1

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noun

  1. quality or kind of goods; specification
  2. (figurative, derogatory) (the rubbish) kind; sort; stuff

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