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躄

Mandarin · pinyin bì

both feet crippled
lame

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(literary or Hokkien) to fall forward
(literary) lame in the leg; crippled in both feet
(dialectal) to walk gingerly; to walk quietly on tiptoe
(Hokkien) to lie or fall prostrate
(Zhangzhou and Haicang Hokkien, vulgar) to fuck

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