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輿

简舆 · 繁輿

Mandarin · pinyin yú

(literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪 kān)
(literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven); land; territory
(literary) carriage
(literary) sedan chair; palanquin
(bound form) the multitudes; the people; the public

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舆: yú · cart, palanquin, sedan chair

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cart; carriage
(figurative) earth; land; territory
sedan chair; palanquin
to carry; to lift
public; popular; mass
a surname

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