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乳

Mandarin · pinyin rǔ

(bound form) breast
(bound form) milk
(bound form) newborn; suckling

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乳: rǔ · breast, nipples; milk, suckle

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(literary) to breastfeed; to suckle
breast; nipples
milk; breast milk
milk; breast milk — milk or cheese-like substance
to breed; to propagate
newborn; young and small
to multiply; to proliferate; to reproduce; to breed
(Internet slang) alternative form of 辱 (rǔ, “to insult, to humiliate”)

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