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儺

简傩 · 繁儺

Mandarin · pinyin nuó

to exorcise demons

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傩: nuó · rich

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(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to walk gracefully; to move to the measured steps
used in 猗儺／猗傩 (“beautiful; graceful”)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to expel demons of illness; to exorcise
Nuo ceremony

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