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乾等

简干等 · 繁乾等

Mandarin · pinyin gān děng

to wait in vain; to sit around waiting

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乾: qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
等: děng · rank, grade; to wait; equal, “and so forth”
干: gàn · oppose, offend; invade; dried

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1–3 · gan1 deng3

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verb

to pointlessly wait

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