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遰

Mandarin · pinyin dì

to go away
to migrate

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4 · di4

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dai3 · dai6 · sai6

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character · Etymology 1

(literary) to go; to leave
(literary) far; distant
(literary) profound; far-reaching
(literary) alternative form of 遞 /递 (“to alternate; to change”)

character · Etymology 2

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 逝 (shì, “to pass”)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) sheath; scabbard

character · Etymology 3

(Hakka) to infect; to carry a contagion

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