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齊肩

简齐肩 · 繁齊肩

Mandarin · pinyin qí jiān

level with one's shoulders
(of two people) both the same height

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齊: qí · even, uniform, of equal length; Kangxi radical 210
肩: jiān · shoulders; to shoulder; bear
齐: qí · even, uniform, of equal length

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2–1 · qi2 jian1

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verb

(of hair etc.) to be shoulder-length

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