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Mandarin · pinyin diāo dǒu

soldier's copper saucepan, used for cooking food by day and for sounding the night watches during the hours of darkness (in ancient times)

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刁: diāo · tricky, sly, crafty, cunning
斗: dòu · dǒu · a dipper; unit of volume (ten 升 or litres); Kangxi radical 68; 8th lunar mansion, determinative star φ Sagittarii

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1–3 · diao1 dou3

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